Sentence examples for by insurrection from inspiring English sources

Yemen is beset by insurrection, infighting and al-Qaeda.

If that's the case, then it now seems like only a matter of time before the Republican empire, overwhelmed by insurrection for much of the last two years, strikes back at last.

The surrender of the south, won by insurrection, to the north, captured by the Piedmontese army, was no doubt the moment of greatest tension among the heterogeneous forces that had been fighting to unite Italy.

1968 - The soixante-huitards Paris gripped by insurrection "An insurrection, there is no other word for it, swept a stupefied Paris last night in the hours that followed General de Gaulle's television address".

Nor was there discussion of the highly charged political atmosphere around the assassination, the effects of which are still being felt, with Syria and Iraq ravaged by insurrection and Lebanon crippled by chaos.

A weathered sign at its entrance said 4,000 people lived there, most of whom appeared to have left by 2013, driven out over time by a lack of work – and lately by insurrection.

Their efforts to domesticate emotion with reason were regularly foiled by insurrections of the heart.

Though beset by insurrections and border wars, Mithradates II continued to control Iran and northern Mesopotamia until his death, after which rival dynastic claimants fought for major territories.

The maneuverings by both sides suggested they were girding for a confrontation that could influence the shape of other protest movements and the responses of other rulers who feel threatened by insurrections.

The family of Anastasio Somoza García dominated Nicaragua from 1936 to 1979, when it was toppled by an insurrection led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional; FSLN).

John B. Jervis, one of the nation's leading engineers, oversaw the construction, which was disrupted by several insurrections by Irish immigrant workers who were paid 75 cents for their 10-hour days.