Sentence examples for decades of standing from inspiring English sources

But at the book's heart is a compelling tale of four decades of standing up for victims of discrimination and of truly appalling police violence.

One bride in white was paying the traditional respect to the war dead, but after decades of standing in line for bread and ugly shoes, the Russians are shopping with a vengeance.

But then two decades of standing by, only able to weep yet more hysterical, impotent tears, as the husband with whom you remain stubbornly besotted sleeps with other women in your home and slowly kills himself with drugs would knock the poetry out of most.

It's easy for me to get lost in my recollections, barely faded over the three ensuing decades, of standing in the aisle of the third floor grandstand in 1977, straining for a peak and finally getting one just in time to see Jean Cruguet raise his whip in triumph as he approached the finish on Seattle Slew.

And decades of standing in the way of any sensible attempt to improve our legal immigration system by making avenues of legal immigration wider came back to haunt Republicans.

Despite running a clean campaign, funded by small donors averaging $27, with no scandals in his past and with consistency throughout his decades of standing up for the working and unemployed people of this country, Sanders is about to be Hillaried.

Fortunately for artists, after over a decade of standing in the shadows of the Internet, the darkness is finally lifting and musicians, filmmakers, authors, photographers and all artists are finally speaking out about their future.

Suu Kyi has also lost a string of international accolades awarded to her when she was under house arrest for most of two decades for standing up to Myanmar's military junta and demanding democratic rule.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "He will be especially remembered for his decades of work standing up to the evil of apartheid, a campaign that made him a great friend of Nelson Mandela.

Environmentalists have been fighting for protection of more of the old growth forests in Tasmania for years, while the forestry industry argued it was vital for jobs in the state that logging of some parts be allowed "Today is the result of decades of people standing up for the forest," Gibson said.

"Rewarding the House Republican Leadership's desire to rewrite decades of long standing labor law in a flash by inserting an unrelated and controversial labor provision in a much needed aviation safety and security bill, without notice, hearing, or debate, sets an extremely dangerous precedent," says the letter, led by Communications Workers of America.