Sentence examples for mounting dissent from inspiring English sources
A combination of American badgering and mounting dissent inside Saudi Arabia prompted talk of an urgent need for change.
The prospect of renewed political strife in Greece coincided with mounting dissent withinSyriza over the extent to which it should roll back on pre-electoral reforms.
After becoming deputy prime minister in January 1981, Mr. Rakowski pushed for liberalizing reforms, telling a party congress in July that the alternative, in the face of mounting dissent, was a bloodbath.
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron tried once again to quell mounting dissent within his party over Britain's place in the European Union, publishing a draft law on Tuesday that promises a referendum on British membership in the bloc by the end of 2017.
IN AN attempt to keep North Africa's winds of change from buffeting his kingdom, King Abdullah of Jordan dismissed his government in his first political concession since non-violent, low-key but persistent protests erupted in the country a month ago.The move appears unlikely to stem mounting dissent.
As Angela Merkel leads her centre-right party towards crucial elections on a promise of economic recovery, sound financial stewardship and near-record employment, there is mounting dissent from a group which complains it is not sharing in Germany's much-vaunted wealth.
The mounting shareholder dissent prodded the board to strip Mr. Eisner of the chairman's title Wednesday night and give it to George J. Mitchell, Disney's presiding director and a former senator.
Dissent is mounting at home, and condemnation abroad.
EDF has put back the final investment decision due to its own internal problems mainly centering round mounting financial problems and dissent among its own unions and staff.
Najib has denied taking any public funds for personal use, and his government has lashed out at criticism by mounting a crackdown on dissent that has seen two newspapers suspended and a British-based whistleblowing website blocked.
Brazen expressions of dissent are mounting; just Tuesday, five Falun Gong members set themselves ablaze in the middle of Tiananmen Square, and one died, a terrifying denouement to months of almost daily smaller acts of civil disobedience.
