Sentence examples for attempts to protest from inspiring English sources

This time, they noted, China has squelched attempts to protest outside the United States Embassy in Beijing.

Graham said his attempts to protest the decision with Australia's chef de mission Chris Nunn were futile because the rules were crystal clear.

Attempts to protest last month against the handover of the two islands to Saudi Arabia were nipped in the bud by the authorities.

Many people survive thanks to the black market and money or food sent by the 3m or so Zimbabweans who have left the country.Despite the attempts to protest on March 11th, the disparate opposition has so far been too weak to organise mass rallies or demonstrations.

In an attempt to protest the N.S.A.'s surveillance programs, they accidentally attacked NASA's Web site.

Second, says Clemo, she was determined there would be no attempt to protest that services were not in fact inadequate.

She made an attempt to protest by telling him that she had no sewing machine & that a machine was very expensive.

An Illinois-based digital artist has created a Gmail plugin that automatically adds blacklisted words to every email in an attempt to protest against online surveillance.

10am The bridge action will be followed by an attempt to protest and occupy bank branches in the city, aimed at those banks which benefited from bailouts.

On October 11, members of the national police and state security forces arrested 17 youth who attempted to protest against the president, and tortured them in a public school.

When Reagan attempted to protest, Breen called for his microphone to be cut off, to which Reagan responded, "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green [sic]." He then left the stage with the other candidates, ostensibly in protest at Bush.