Sentence examples for as a revolt from inspiring English sources

Müntzer dismissed resistance to his understanding of reform as a revolt against God.

The movement was born during the 1964 Goldwater campaign as a revolt against the liberal establishment.

Czech music came into being as a revolt against the suppression of language.

It was understood as a revolt from the slickness and sweetness of commercial swing.

Pope Francis had explicitly praised Cardinal Kasper's speech, and so within the Vatican this qualified as a revolt.

"I started thinking people hadn't shown up for work as a revolt for us going to the Caribbean," he said.

It is as much a revolt against human hypocrisy as material need that drives Ama to become one of those lewd women the pastor likes to curse from the pulpit.

The second intifada that broke out 20 months ago was as much a revolt against the aging P.L.O.

This culminated in an explosive reaction to proposed changes to Instagram's terms of service that bordered on revolt (or at least as close to a revolt as captive users of a social network can mount against it).

In 2001, the Saatchi Gallery was threatened with prosecution for showing Tierney Gearon's photographs of her own children, described as a "revolting exhibition of perversion under the guise of art".

Coke was disgusted by this arrangement, describing it as a "revolting compact".