5 sentences with 'protesting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word protesting and other words derived from it.
• « One notorious event was the Peterloo massacre of 1819 in which hundreds of protesting workers in Manchester were gunned down by the middle-class volunteer cavalry. »
• « In our efforts to prevent further contamination of our culture, we must go beyond merely protesting against the bad. We must also remember to promote the good. »
• « At one well-attended meeting, a woman protesting against the state of housing threw a dead rat at him. Without losing his composure, John Major asked her where she lived. Learning that the woman lived outside the borough, he told her: "This, madam, is a Southwark rat; not a Lambeth rat". »
• « In mid-1809 there were two popular uprisings in Upper Peru, one in Chuquisaca and the other in La Paz. The first was aimed at opposing plans to crown Carlota Joaquina and the second at protesting against the local rulers. The movement in La Paz was bloodily suppressed by troops sent from Peru. Forces were sent to Chuquisaca from Buenos Aires. »
• « In protesting against the Stamp Act, wealthy and literate political figures such as John Adams supported the aims of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, even if they did not engage in the violent actions of the Sons. »