6 sentences with 'riots'
Example sentences and phrases with the word riots and other words derived from it.
• « Occasionally riots broke out as Christian mobs attacked worshippers of other gods, all with the tacit support of the emperors. »
• « Thus Leo III ordered the destruction of the sacred images, facing riots when workers tried to carry out his proclamation by removing the icons of Christ placed in the imperial palace. »
• « There was a great increase in anti-Semitic riots during outbreaks of plague, as Jews were blamed for somehow bringing on the plague (a frequent accusation was that Jews had poisoned the wells), and thousands of Jews were massacred as a result. »
• « Hermann Göring, at the time the second most powerful Nazi leader after Hitler, then demanded one billion marks from the German Jewish population for damages caused by the riots. »
• « British soldiers quelled the riots, but in the years that followed, clashes between British officers and Bostonians became commonplace. »