Sentence examples for string of elections from inspiring English sources

In a string of elections in recent years, Iranians flocked to vote for those politicians who said they were reformers.

The four-phase string of elections that started in mid-April and ended on Sunday provided a spasm of salutary shocks and reminders.

Blair has described the string of elections of radical union leaders, such as the FBU's Andy Gilchrist, as the "last spasm" of the hard left.

A long string of elections for county offices, legislative seats and other posts shows the suburbs becoming more fertile terrain for Democrats.

If Democrats win a string of elections, it should be because their policies and their candidates appeal to a majority of the country's voters, not because supporters are clustered in enough states to get to 270 electoral votes.

They sense that the party has been rattled into adopting a more emollient approach by the example of Egypt, where its Islamist counterpart, the Muslim Brotherhood, was overthrown a year ago, despite having won a string of elections.

Then comes a brief intermission, followed by a string of election nights, some crowded, some not.

Perry's reelection last fall, against former Houston mayor Bill White, continued his unbroken string of election victories as a politician.

That year, however, Murayama's Social Democratic Party of Japan (the former Japan Socialist Party) suffered a string of election defeats, and in early 1996 Murayama resigned as prime minister.

Pro-marijuana activists have scored a remarkable string of election wins in recent years even though the drug remains illegal under federal law.

Jeremy Corbyn, you will have read, is leading the Labour Party to a string of election defeats, beginning with a bunch of them in May.