How to Use de-escalate in a Sentence

de-escalate

verb

• And so the work to de-escalate is work that is ongoing.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
• Feeling heard helps them de-escalate the anger of defending a point of view.
  — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• And the Sheriff's deputies de-escalated that and broke that down very quickly.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Bunge argued that the two men failed to de-escalate the situation.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Jones added that the situation could not have de-escalated when a weapon was drawn by the driver.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
• Wood told the council that the U.S. aims to de-escalate the situation but that Iran's actions cannot go unanswered.
  — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
• The officers were aggressive from the start and did not attempt to de-escalate the situation, the suit claims.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• As Carson tried to de-escalate the situation, the suspect swung a knife at him, Kenny said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Blinken stressed the need to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank and expressed his sympathies for Thursday's attack in Jerusalem that killed three civilians.
  — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• Neither side would de-escalate, but neither side seemed willing to take everyone over the brink.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• Why had the officers not tried to de-escalate the situation?
  — Tim Arango, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• In the process, a policy intended to de-escalate will serve only to appease.
  — Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The witnesses added that Sibley tried to de-escalate the situation before he was stabbed in the torso.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
• After around an hour of trying to shake the paparazzi, the Sussexes arrived at the 19th precinct on East 67th street, waiting for the situation to de-escalate.
  — Town & Country, 18 May 2023
• Kellum fired a shot into the ground while the officers and deputies were trying to de-escalate the situation, McCutchan said.
  — Fox Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
• Woodyard’s use of the carotid hold amounted to an attempt to de-escalate the situation, the defense lawyer insisted.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Both men went through a weeklong training that included how to use a firearm and how to de-escalate a situation, Jones explained.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2023
• After that, use the final 30 seconds to create a coping statement that will help de-escalate your emotions.
  — Time, 18 July 2023
• Walker put stop sticks down in an attempt to de-escalate the situation but was struck by the suspect's vehicle.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 15 May 2024
• That’s when Helms and Griffith rely on their relationship to come in and de-escalate the situation.
  — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
• But family members are angry and feel deputies didn’t do enough to de-escalate the situation.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Prosecutor Jonathan Bunge argued that the two men failed to de-escalate the situation.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Otieno’s mother tried to de-escalate the police officers that responded to the incident, Krudys said.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• Sibley tried to de-escalate the situation before being stabbed in the torso.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• But that conflict has de-escalated since the killing of three US servicemembers in Jordan in January.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• Gary Raney, a former sheriff in Idaho and a corrections consultant, said deputies should have done more to de-escalate the situation.
  — Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024
• The commission said the officers should have de-escalated the situation and called for backup.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Efforts to de-escalate aggression aren’t as effective if nurses haven’t had time to bond with patients, Burger said.
  — Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• For several hours, officers attempted to de-escalate the situation and persuade the man to put his weapon down, police said.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
• Police later stated that the video as posted did not capture the officer identifying himself or attempting to de-escalate the confrontation.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024