6 sentences with “participating”

Jefferson's embargo prevented American merchants from participating in the Atlantic trade, severely reducing their profits.

In August, when her lung function was at 75 percent, she insisted on participating in a race at her school's track and field festival.

Years later, when she started participating in a weight-loss programme, her measurements showed that she was not only overweight, but also had abdominal obesity.

Sandro Botticelli's The Adoration of the Magi (1475) shows members of the Medici family, Botticelli's patrons, participating in one of the key scenes of the birth of Christ.

Slaves understood that the chances of ending slavery through rebellion were slim and would likely result in massive reprisals; many also feared the risk to themselves and their families of participating in such actions.

Spartan women scandalised other Greeks by participating in athletics and seem to have benefited from a greater degree of personal freedom than women elsewhere in Greece - of course, this would have been a social necessity as the men of Sparta lived in barracks until the age of 30, leaving women in charge of domestic property.