Sentence examples for encourage revolt from inspiring English sources

"A masterly encapsulation of modern Russian history, this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility (2011)." Sentenced to house arrest in Moscow's Metropol Hotel by a Bolshevik tribunal for writing a poem deemed to encourage revolt, Count Alexander Rostov nonetheless lives the fullest of lives, discovering the depths of his humanity.

The turnover of local powers to Iraqis, a move that some in the administration had hoped would help encourage revolts against Mr. Hussein, will not be possible until cities like Basra are rid of paramilitary units, they say.

This setback encouraged revolt in Sidon and eventually in all of Palestine and Phoenicia.

A powerful local green movement, however, and the example of renegade chefs like Adrià, encouraged revolt.

Venice had been encouraging revolts against the sultan in the Morea (Peloponnese) and in Dalmatia and Albania, which it had ceded to the Ottomans in 1479.

Henry was concerned that Edward's absence might encourage further revolts, but was swayed by his son to negotiate with multiple parliaments over the next two years to raise the money.

At the Ashur Hotel, I asked Talabani, who had moved on to the kabob course, if specific plans to encourage a revolt would emerge from the day's meetings.

The other threat is that Trump's belligerence will encourage open revolt in Mexico — that, if the economy collapses, the mild-mannered protesters I saw on Reforma Avenue will give way to a new generation of post-Zapatista revolutionaries.

For a generation, its leaders have behaved almost as though their goal was to encourage populist revolt.

In 1920, Hawza clerics in Najaf encouraged the revolt against British rule in Iraq.

Then Mr. Amash encouraged a revolt against House Speaker John A. Boehner in his January speaker election.