Sentence examples for stood peacefully from inspiring English sources

Soon the family moved to nearby Swinbrook, where she was enthralled by the village blacksmith, "one of those men with whom animals are calm and the horses stood peacefully to be shod, resting their foot on his leather apron".

Officers threatened to arrest individuals who stood peacefully on sidewalks during daytime hours, a federal judge found in October 2014 in a case that challenged the practices used by law enforcement agencies in Ferguson.

There is a higher authority than Michael Bloomberg, or than the NYPD, or even than the guy in the white shirt who signaled to his colleagues to handcuff me earlier this week when I stood peacefully on a sidewalk, obeying what I had confirmed to be the law: and that higher authority is called the Constitution of the United States of America.

Would Côte d'Ivoire then stand peacefully on its own feet?

Totemic bronze figures with superbly variegated patinas and subtle striations stand peacefully on guard.

In South Africa, a government devoted to keeping whites up and blacks down eventually stood aside peacefully to make way for multi-racial democracy (see article).

He asked the police to let him persuade protesters to stand down peacefully.

I went because I firmly believe that Hamid was on the right path: it is important for people to stand up peacefully for the right things, even if we are confronted with physical and verbal intimidation.

Merkel's apparent determination to stand up peacefully to Putin, though, begs the question of whether a divided European Union of 28 states has the stomach for the long haul and whether it will be able to sustain the pressure of sanctions which are also hurting the EU.

Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters the chancellor strongly opposed the rallies' ideology and supported those who peacefully stood up against far-right views.

Maria Testa, a self-described author and member of the social justice group Maine People's Alliance, explained later that she and her fellow activists stood up "silently and peacefully" at Thursday's rally for the "principles for which Captain Khan gave his life".