Sentence examples for armed revolt from inspiring English sources

Pagels, the author of "The Gnostic Gospels," details how Revelation and other apocalyptic writings have frequently urged fear and hatred of ruling powers, if not so often armed revolt.

Armed revolt is when people are so desperate they kill and are killed.

Deciding that their only hope of creating the Irish Republic lay in armed revolt, the United Irishmen began secretly organising and arming their forces.

Finally, an armed revolt in 1920 led to his downfall.

The government's attempts to crush the dissent soon gave rise to an armed revolt.

Fidel soon left Cuba for Mexico, where he promptly began organizing a new armed revolt.

In Libya protests against the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi in mid-February 2011 quickly escalated into an armed revolt.

Under that agreement, Maoist fighters gave up their decade-long armed revolt as the group's leaders joined the political process.

His comments have prompted several bloggers to speculate recently that the TV host may have been promoting an armed revolt.

It also said that the Syrian authorities feared the possibility of an armed revolt in the border town, where insurgents "can easily find logistical and political support".

In recent years armed revolt has all but disappeared, only to be replaced by a new kind of warrior — the stone-throwing youth.