Sentence examples for placards themselves from inspiring English sources

Gu earns a small commission for hanging up personal ads, but the real currency in the marketplace is the information placards themselves: "Male, born in 1982, from Shanghai, never married, steady job, doesn't smoke or drink".

The men chanted and carried placards denouncing themselves as thieves and rapists.

In rebellious Wisconsin, those protesting Governor Scott Walker's attempted crushing of unions also carried placards exhorting themselves to "Walk Like an Egyptian".

That night, as local Republicans gathered at the Town Hall in Newtown, a half-dozen Maloney supporters carrying campaign placards posted themselves outside.

Compassion even got an entire day to itself, with the delegates waving placards proclaiming themselves "people of compassion".This year's version of compassionate conservatism is rather different from the 2000 model.

Jack Boyd New York, March 6, 2008 To the Editor: You deserve credit for spotlighting a longstanding urban inequity: while many honest motorists ply the streets daily, foraging for legal parking places, others park most anywhere -- whether or not on city business -- displaying genuine or bogus placards, designating themselves for special treatment.

"Whether you like it or not, the whole country watches closely to see what happens in New York State, for better or for worse," Mr. Cuomo said at the Albany rally, as cheering Democrats waved their placards and plastered themselves with campaign stickers.

People from across Vancouver tweeted photos of themselves holding placards with their ages (usually 20s or 30s), level of education (usually high), and the #donthave1million hashtag.

Activists have posted photos of themselves holding placards with anti-discrimination slogans written on them.

More than 70 people have posted photos of themselves holding placards with messages addressed to "racists in Lebanon" calling on them to oppose discrimination against the Syrian refugees and to show solidarity with them.

They carry placards and mobilize, often seeing themselves as the only custodians of sanity and efficiency left.