Sentence examples for citizen gathering from inspiring English sources

President Ghani recently told a citizen gathering in the Paktia province that he has finally convinced world leaders that the war in Afghanistan is a foreign project that requires foreign solutions.

"Like he's thinking, 'I ain't really worth much.' " The boy's glum look contrasts starkly with the celebratory tone of the 12-foot by 7-foot painting, which depicts a top hat- and bonnet-wearing crowd of white citizens gathering in 1860 to greet the island's first steam locomotive.

"Today's tea parties exemplify what's great about the United States - citizens gathering peacefully to express their dissatisfaction with their government," Shimkus said.

Leaving Somers is like leaving her family, said Ms. Scher, who often attended several town events a day, ranging from children's basketball games to senior citizen gatherings.

Citizen gatherings, of course, are as old as the republic itself, but as a form of constituent relations town hall meetings are relatively new.

Fast forward to 2009 and citizen gatherings called "Tea Parties" began in protest of increased government spending, one of the first was held April 15, 2009 a few blocks from the original Boston Tea Party.

It would probably resemble a bunch of senior citizens gathering in a high school auditorium in south Brooklyn to sing their hearts out in front of a crowd of not many.

Other sceptical citizens are gathering on social media sites.

Citizens are gathering staples, and gun sales are up.

It has been at least two thousand years since governments started charging citizens for gathering and delivering water.

The Iraqi government unleashed a salvo in the struggle for the hearts and minds of its Kurdish citizens today, gathering hundreds of Muslim clerics in this northern provincial capital to issue a religious fiat saying it was time to fight the Americans even as they prepare for war.