Sentence examples for demonstration of force from inspiring English sources

But at the end of the day it boils down to an unapologetic demonstration of force by the state.

Innocent in appearance, it was also a demonstration of force, and a first step toward organizing mass civil disobedience.

In contrast with Churchill's experience, we are not in the region for some destructive Empire demonstration of force, what used to be crudely called "butcher and bolt".

'This march is neither a provocation nor a demonstration of force, but a republican response to acts of delinquency,' he said.

"It's not easy to understand this type of humiliation, demonstration of force, and shame which we had to live through in front of our guests", they wrote.

"It is an alarming fact, a demonstration of force that is undermining the authority of Vladimir Putin who just took office, proclaiming the ideas of democracy".

Naval force projection — selective, demonstrations of force, essentially an early predecessor to modern "shock and awe" air campaigns — was the means by which the thinly stretched United States military protected far-flung trade routes and American citizenry.

In the past week and a half, officials in Xinjiang have ordered paramilitary units and police officers to hold large rallies in at least three cities with significant Uighur populations as demonstrations of force.

In August 1992, when the Bush administration and its allies were trying to get humanitarian aid to Bosnians caught in a multiethnic civil war, McCain broke with the majority of Republicans and voted against a resolution that authorized "demonstrations of force" in the region; he called it recklessly provocative.

They do not target civilians or political enemies, or stage frequent public demonstrations of force as the EZLN in Chiapas.

But communication via demonstrations of force involve an inherent potential for miscalculations of the sort that can quickly spiral into a much graver situation.