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Example sentences for: overtures

How can you use “overtures” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The conciliatory overtures began early this year, after nearly four decades of violence, when the government removed security forces from a large FARC-controlled territory, but stalled when officials requested that an international verification committee monitor the zone.
An editorial mocks the overtures white politicians make to minorities: Republicans are "dorky and patronizing;" Bradley is "schoolmarmy" and self-righteous; Gore is "cartoonish"; and none is serious about dismantling the racial and ethnic classifications that still plague American law.
(Reed has also made overtures toward black churches, home to America's most committed social conservatives.
Big companies such as General Motors have already spurned overtures for cash.
Abroad, the Times of London said Barak's overtures toward Israel's neighbors will be "widely welcomed" but warned that he needs to get a move on.