Sentence examples for facing a crowd from inspiring English sources

— IN 1965, the secretary of labor, Willard Wirtz, stood under a porch light in Belle Glade, Fla., facing a crowd of guest workers from the Caribbean.

Facing a crowd of eighty thousand people in Central Park, he made casual comments before the encore, cutting an amiable profile.

She doubtless pictured herself taking a call from her leading opponent – in which he conceded defeat and offered his congratulations – before facing a crowd of exultant supporters.

"We're a little worried about all the innocent people," Ms. Arman said, standing behind the counter and facing a crowd of television cameras.

Every time he has to go out front he feels like he is in the Colosseum, facing a crowd that's looking forward to the lions' being loosed at him.

It just so happened that she was in front of a full symphony orchestra, facing a crowd of people who would eventually jump to their feet and sing along and dance like they, too, were alone in their rooms.

Twelve years into remission, she faced a crowd at the Livingston public library on a recent Thursday.

And Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican-turned-Democrat, faced a crowd of emotional constituents in Lebanon, Pa.

On a sultry Tuesday night last August, Howard Dean stood on a stage in Bryant Park, in midtown Manhattan, and faced a crowd of ten thousand.

In a dramatic octagonal ballroom, Carlile stepped up to the fireplace and turned, as if to face a crowd of spirits, rising up on her toes.

But on Tuesday, when he faced a crowd of shareholders and questions about the weak sales of those phones, the reception was far more muted.