Sentence examples for protest gathered from inspiring English sources

The protest gathered before the provincial headquarters, where residents ruefully noted that Basra is located in an oil-rich region.

The protests, to start with, were of the licensed kind: the students were angry at the closure of a radical, free-speaking newspaper, and even angrier at the murderous invasion by right-wing thugs of one of their hostels.But as the protest gathered steam, a few of the demonstrators crossed a crucial line.

After the protest gathered steam, the leaders realised the power of salt as a symbol.

Last November, an unarmed protest gathered in Tripoli outside a barracks housing a militia from Misrata.

The protest gathered momentum, to the point where more than 30 clubs, predominantly from the north, announced that they would set up a rival British Football Association if the FA did not permit professionalism.

The court ruled against the Taksim project on June 6, even as widespread protests gathered steam.

Officials in both countries said the men left in the afternoon, before the protests gathered strength.

Across Syria, activists said, protests gathered in solidarity with Hama and Deir al-Zour.

Others said they might take part if the protests gathered steam and they felt more secure.

As the protests gathered pace, international criticism of the decree began to mount.

In the ensuing weeks, protests gathered momentum, and a strike this week shut down the civil administration of the city.