Sentence examples for as a wake for from inspiring English sources

The party was billed as a "wake" for Origin, which is not actually disappearing but is being absorbed ever more completely into Electronic Arts.

Marc S. Oxman, a lawyer and friend, recalled that Mr. Spano developed a reputation as a "radical" in those days, organizing protests such as a "wake for the lake" -- complete with coffin -- to protest pollution in Mohegan Lake.

With the dim lighting, somber atmosphere, gloomy music, black benches and empty walls, it all may be read as a wake for traditional painting or, more broadly, for some golden age of humanist feeling and imagination.

Although the actual date of Adams's death, of a heart attack at the age of 49, was 11 May, Towel Day is celebrated two weeks later, remaining faithful to the date of the first event, which was set up as a wake for fans soon after his sudden death.

Perhaps this can serve as a wake up call for the West, a need to re-think support for our own ideals and for democratic regimes.

"We did suffer a dip in the last elections where Sinn Fein went ahead of us for the first time but if anything that served as a wake up call for many people.

Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, described it as a wake up call for the mining sector.

The transmitted RF energy is also used as a wake up message for turning on a desired sensor avoiding data clashing.

The worst terrorist attack on American soil in part served as a wake up call for many individuals and businesses: The worst can indeed happen.

Investors like GGV Capital and DCM, which have commitments in both the U.S. and China, see the Alibaba shift as a wake up call for U.S. technology companies.

Mr Benfield said that recent events such as these had acted as a "wake up call" for the sector in terms of ensuring good governance - but he was confident that such problems were not widespread.