Sentence examples for demonstrated set off from inspiring English sources
Its mid-February test firing of a more advanced nuclear weapon than the Hermit State had previously demonstrated set off major alarm bells in the UN Security Council.
And thousands of miners promptly arrive to demonstrate, setting off sticks of dynamite, which Jacobs (who has spent the previous night trolling karaoke bars) assures his charges are just firecrackers for a fiesta.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces claimed on Thursday that they had overrun and destroyed a Pakistani-held border crossing in a remote area, an event that provoked a spontaneous outpouring of nationalist sentiment here, sending thousands of students into the streets to demonstrate and setting off lively debate on social networking sites.
Emboldened further by public perception of his strong reaction after two recent incidents involving downed Malaysian airliners that killed dozens of Australians, Abbott has once again set off to demonstrate the potency of his governing capabilities.
I thought I would demonstrate the concept behind my Web site idea, so I set off for Korea to hunt him down.
Their power was demonstrated in 2011, when a hunger strike by the anticorruption activist Anna Hazare set off a wave of protests against graft.
Police in Johannesburg have set off stun grenades and launched teargas at stone-throwing students from a leading university who were demonstrating for free education.
Others set off fireworks.
