Sentence examples for potential uprising from inspiring English sources

For all its power and potential, "Uprising" lost its way.

On the Republican side, nobody knows the extent, if any, of a potential uprising by electors beyond him.

Hundreds of monks and laypeople had gathered during and after the immolation and later began protesting the security presence, which had been tightened this month in anticipation of a potential uprising.

The suggestion of a potential uprising underscores the extent to which two competing political movements — defiance of federal authority, and Obama's determination to permanently protect vast federal lands — could collide next in this arid patch of land 110 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

It quickly became clear that the government had resorted to extreme measures in an attempt to put down a potential uprising.

Although McCulloch says that the grand jury could makes its decision any day now, some speculate that he has drawn out the process in order to diminish the protests and mitigate any potential uprising in the event the grand jury fails to indict officer Wilson.

Wary of potential uprisings this month, Chinese officials have barred foreigners from traveling to central Tibet, known as the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Unlike the northern borders with Iran and Turkey, or the south with Kuwait, this western border with Jordan is far calmer: it is largely empty and thus carries little potential for uprising or infighting among Kurds or Shias.

The scientists said that to dismiss concerns of a potential robot uprising would be "dangerous".

He provided them with the best education he could afford, and considered them a shield from any potential racial uprising.

… Mariners left-hander Joe Beimel, who pitched for the Dodgers from 2006-08, snuffed out a potential Angels uprising by picking off David Freese at first to end the eighth.