Sentence examples for engaged in a protest from inspiring English sources

AIDS activists, who say the Bush administration has done too little to fight the deadly disease, engaged in a protest yesterday that underscored their anger and frustration.

"If you can't, they say, 'Go home.' " In a meeting at the plant last week, which a student recorded on a mobile phone, a manager advised them they could be fired and the council might send them back home if they engaged in a protest.

Radical, anti-racist activists engaged in a protest march, including half a dozen Duke graduates and one former instructor, were shot down by self-proclaimed Nazis and Ku Klux Klansmen.

With the support of many teachers and parents, the Colorado students have engaged in a protest of their own to teach the school board a lesson.

"For private employers, there is normally no special First Amendment right to get out of work to engage in a protest," said Rodney A. Smolla, the dean of the University of Richmond School of Law.

As one resident of Rangoon put it, "If you engage in a protest, police quickly appear to stop it.

"Anybody sitting on the sidelines right now or deciding to engage in a protest vote, that's a vote for Trump," he said.

This is why I even understand when people insinuate that me engaging in a protest is childish or idiotic, because I know that I'm being pulled back in line.

5) Florida Trayvon Martin protest A few weeks ago, students from a number of high schools in South Florida engaged in a massive protest that included walkouts of their classes, and gatherings at a local mall in response to the Trayvon Martin shooting and the slow response of the Sanford police department to arrest George Zimmerman.

Nor am I convinced that you are engaged in a "silent protest".

Today, for example, Zuni Tikka, 37, was engaged in a topless protest along with several friends.