Sentence examples for meeting marred from inspiring English sources

The decision came at the end of a summit meeting marred by the fiercest civil disorder in memory in Sweden, and one protester shot by a police officer on Friday lay in critical condition.

The long-awaited shareholder vote Wednesday dragged out into a tumultuous seven-hour meeting, marred by allegations of vote-rigging and fervent protests by minority investors.

The summit meeting was marred by protests in which 50 people were arrested.

Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, jointly pledged a renewed drive for peace today, though the choreographed harmony of their meeting was marred by a clash within earshot between Israeli and Palestinian fighters that injured three Israeli soldiers.

Three horses died in the 1998 race while the opening day of the 2000 meeting was marred by four deaths.

The protest meeting was marred by hundreds of radicalized Svoboda youths in their 20s attempting to shout down most other speakers, including Borys Tarasyuk and former police chief Yurii Lutsenko.

But the positive diplomatic feelings that resulted from that meeting were soon marred by an apparent coincidence.

Board meetings have been marred for years by racial tensions among officials and parents.

Officials canceled the meeting last week to avoid the violent protests that have marred similar meetings during the last two years.

"The wrangling over the choice of head of state...had marred the meeting before it even started," we reported.

In spite of their differences, they shared a common desire: to speak and be heard.Political wrangling, however, had already marred the meeting before it even started.