Sentence examples for attempt to evacuate from inspiring English sources

There was no official announcement, nothing to suggest that there was anything out of the ordinary, no attempt to evacuate the stadium.

Bishop Edward Daly, the priest who waved a bloodstained handkerchief at soldiers on Bloody Sunday in an attempt to evacuate the injured, was also present.

Survivors erupted in angry shouts when they learned, during a conversation with Gov. Aleksandr Tkachev, that officials received warning of the danger three hours before the wave hit, but had made no attempt to evacuate sleeping residents.

This means that the same nerve fibres are reporting the state that underlies the desire to urinate or defecate and the sensation underlying the pain felt when these organs are strongly contracting in an attempt to evacuate their contents.

But the attempt to evacuate roughly 50 aid workers trapped in the battle zone deep in the forest was halted after furious villagers attacked the armed convoy and blocked the road, United Nations officials said.

The UK government's attempt to evacuate thousands of stranded British holidaymakers from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh descended into angry scenes as tourists berated the UK ambassador to Cairo over further delays, with only eight out of 29 planned flights cleared to fly.

In Akobo, Nuer militia were infuriated by UN attempts to evacuate Dinka leaders for their own safety.

The Army has cordoned off North Waziristan and imposed curfews while it attempts to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians to camps outside the tribal agency.

Several attempts to evacuate the Shokalskiy using icebreakers have been thwarted by the dense sea ice, which is up to 5 metres thick in some places.

In the early hours of Saturday, the police attempted to evacuate the mosque, which was slowly starting to turn into a Muslim Brotherhood sit-in, several privately-owned media reported.

There have been chaotic and desperate scenes at the port – the only means of access to and from Misrata – in recent days as ships bringing aid and attempting to evacuate injured civilians and refugees struggle to dock under fire.