Sentence examples for crowds calling for from inspiring English sources

Like the convergent flows of a tsunami, the waves of crowds calling for democracy gained momentum in Tunis's November 7 Square and Cairo's Tahrir Square.

"During the 1979 revolution against the Shah, there were crowds calling for my father's execution because of his satirical writings," says Shappi.

SANA, Yemen -- Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes clashed with antigovernment demonstrators in the city of Taiz on Tuesday, opening fire on crowds calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, witnesses said.

MOSCOW — Russia's Parliament on Friday took the rare step of expelling one of its members, a four-term lawmaker and former K.G.B. officer who last year crossed a political line in the sand, joining crowds calling for Vladimir V. Putin to give up power.

As thousands of people joined student rallies in Manchester and London today to protest against public spending cuts and the rise in tuition fees, the National Union of Students leader Aaron Porter had to be escorted by police away from angry crowds calling for his resignation.

Protests took place elsewhere in Idlib again last weekend, with crowds calling for Nusra's exit.

At his funeral in 2005, crowds called for a quick beatification, with chants of "Beato subito".

Perhaps umbrellas had grown so large that negotiating the Midtown crowds called for downsizing.

In February, the authorities reacted with force and, as in Egypt and Tunisia, outraged crowds called for the downfall of the government.

For the first time since the protests began, crowds called for the downfall of the government and in one instance tore down a billboard-size photo of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad.

There were also placards in the crowd calling for the French president, François Hollande, to resign.