Sentence examples for cry for power from inspiring English sources

There were roars of "Amandla", the cry for power which used to be heard during the struggle against apartheid.

Only someone resolutely on the side of the angels would write and sing a song like "Hip to Be Happy," her jazzy rallying cry for the power of positive thinking, and really mean it.

Although California's troubles were in fact caused more by half-baked deregulation than any shortage of generating capacity (one recent study points out that the many blackouts occurred when demand was only 75percentt of available supply), it's much easier to cry for more power than it is to unravel the complex tangle of California energy politics.

The bland and soulless uniformity of so much of British localities as they have become by 2011 cries out for power, autonomy and responsibility – freedom indeed – to be passed right down the line.

What is more, at a time when California (and increasingly the rest of the country) is crying out for power, the creaky old grid is hiding a huge amount of capacity that cannot be used, because it would push the wild tangle of wires closer to meltdown.

The continent has a crying need for power.

You'll continue to see growth in that backlog, because there's obviously a crying need for power, not just domestically, but on a global basis.

The District of Columbia's rallying cry for full Congressional powers — "Taxation Without Representation" — is painfully apt.

The general's announcement could be seen as a cry for help from the international powers.

That simple word intensified consciousness-raising and public debate and provided a rallying cry for a movement to oppose power-abuse linked to gender.

As saving energy becomes a rallying cry for utilities and the government, Idaho Power is in the vanguard.