Sentence examples for abortive protest from inspiring English sources

Frank Williams led an abortive protest against the car at the Argentine Grand Prix, objecting to the flexibility of the fixed skirts used to seal the underside of the car, which allowed them to replicate the effect of a sliding skirt.

Freital's abortive meeting and the mass anti-foreigner protests outside the hostel, were merely the latest outbursts of xenophobia violence to have erupted in Germany as the country struggles to accommodate an expected 400,000 refugees this year.

He had just returned from an abortive trip to Toronto where he faced massive protests.

They build tents, barricades and catapults, but peaceful protests continue through the next two months, despite several abortive attempts by police to break up the crowds.

His critics fear he is using the abortive coup to wage an indiscriminate crackdown on dissent.

Efforts by Swedes and Prussians proved abortive.

There have been abortive attempts so far.

WASHINGTON — With North Korea poised to launch a long-range missile despite a widespread international protest, the Obama administration is trying to play down the propaganda value for North Korea's leaders and head off criticism of its abortive diplomatic opening to Pyongyang in late February.

It revisits Mr. Burroughs's abortive advertising career.

There was no malicious intent in the abortive competition.

His conversion to Rome in 1886 proved abortive and frustrating.