Sentence examples for congregated for a from inspiring English sources

Outside the venue Saturday, thousands of Greeks congregated for a largely peaceful protest marred by small scuffles between police officers and youths wielding beer bottles.

Not only was it fantastic outside, where the whole city seemed to have congregated for a massive party, but also inside the stadium especially after the game.

Villagers, however, said anti-Taliban forces had earlier taken control of the munitions and that many of the people killed, including women and children, had congregated for a wedding.

However, one account states, "following a cheerful conversation with other officers who had congregated for a military council in his tent on Sunday, 13 August N.S. he had eaten some cucumbers with zest and washed them down with mead, and from that contracted dysentery.

Crowds of people congregated for a second day outside the liberal Southern Weekly that has become embroiled in a highly symbolic open revolt against press control in Guangdong, China's most prosperous and liberal province, but many journalists were reluctant to call it a full-blown strike.

.At Al Murray's apartment in Harlem, on New Year's Day, 1967, the Murrays, the Ellisons, and the Morrises congregated for an unusual feast: bourbon, collard greens, black-eyed peas, ham-hocks, and cornbread — a kind of ritual for all of us.

Look at any group congregating for a cigarette: you will see senior executives and security guards, marketing and I.T. support.

Following the funeral of Johnna Monevata (Misty Upham)'s husband Beverly Weston Sam Shepardd), his loved ones congregate for a consolatory meal.

There was then a 10-year gap before Weekend, an uncharacteristic adventure which follows a group of students and teachers to a Scottish island, where they congregate for a study session at a Victorian mansion, Willowvale.

Then, as now, I accept it as an accurate representation of an 1830s London where constables and cutpurses temporarily set aside their differences in order to congregate for a knees-up beside some tavern or other.

Even where Christians, Muslims and others have been separated by the advent of nationalism and modernity, the memory of shrine-sharing often persists.Another example: the monastery of Mar Elias (the prophet Elijah) outside Bethlehem is a place where Christians and Muslims continued until very recent times to congregate for a summer festival.