Sentence examples for protests gathered from inspiring English sources

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.

On Friday, as in past weeks when the security forces were not there, the protests gathered peacefully.

He sees the moment as bigger than Tunisia, too, as economic woes rack Europe and the United States, riots flare in London and protests gather in New York, Rome and elsewhere.

Late November: Protests gather pace, as 100,000 people attend a demonstration in Kiev.

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.