Sentence examples for held in the wake of from inspiring English sources

A candlelit vigil was held in the wake of the tragedy.

Yet that is by no means certain Syriza would do badly in new elections held in the wake of a yes vote.

Meade competed in four successive Olympics, carrying the British flag in the closing ceremony at Munich, as well as at Fontainebleau, France, in 1980, the substitute event held in the wake of the Moscow boycott that year.

The 'clear the air' meeting was held in the wake of the 'plebgate' row – in which Mr Mitchell was accused of calling a Downing Street protection officer a "pleb".

It wasn't until 1953 that Aldyr Garcia Schlee designed the now famous yellow football kit as part of a national competition held in the wake of Brazil's 1950 World Cup defeat to Uruguay.

If snap elections were held in the wake of a "No" vote, many believe that they would benefit the increasingly popular Five Star Movement, a populist, Euroskeptic, and politically amorphous party led by the comedian Beppe Grillo.

In the context of relatively muted earnings growth this year (around 8%) we believe that the shares are now fully valued and lower our recommendation from buy to hold in the wake of these rumours".

But surveillance group Petards lost 0.34p to 0.935p after a profit warning, while IX Europe fell 7.5p to 124p after Charles Stanley cut from buy to hold in the wake of a 125p a share offer from US internet group Equinix.

Analysts at KBW said the orphan assets move could add around 18p a share to Aviva's price, but while also welcoming the move, Panmure Gordon cut its recommendation from buy to hold in the wake of Aviva's recent share price improvement.

A Citigroup analyst downgraded Yahoo! to "hold" in the wake of the company's disappointing earnings release.

Historical wealth micro-data from Wentworth County, Ontario examines the evolution of female and male wealth holding in the wake of 19th century property rights legislation.