Sentence examples for support in the streets from inspiring English sources
Among Egypt's opposition figures, Mr. Sabahi has the biggest base of support in the streets.
Historically, elites lead social movements, whose success depends upon support in the streets.
Meanwhile, crowds of demonstrators here and elsewhere greeted Niger's new military rulers with outpourings of support in the streets.
The only way to outflank it is to build resilient networks of support in the streets and workplaces, based on regular personal communication and activity.
"The Brotherhood should have realised that the vote they got at the parliamentary elections was not a true reflection of their support in the street – it was the product of a specific set of political conditions at the time.
Mr. Mikati is a Sunni Muslim, but his support, in the street at least, pales before Mr. Hariri's, whose movement mobilized supporters in aggressive protests Tuesday in what amounted to a show of force.
This lack of support in the street would prove fatal during the events of Thermidor.
The mosque's leaders and the radical students who supported them in the streets wanted to impose conservative Islamic law (Shariʿah) in the capital city; their spokesman, a Taliban supporter named Abdul Rashid Ghazi, was among the dead.
At one point in the conversations Gaddafi urged Blair to go to Libya to see the lack of violence in Tripoli, and held the telephone to a TV screen so Blair could hear people voicing their support for Gaddafi in the streets.
Despite his charisma, he has failed to mobilize much support on the streets in recent months or to unite convincingly with other opposition leaders.
When Margaret Thatcher closed down large segments of Britain's unprofitable and outdated coal-industry, one heard similar arguments–supported by riots in the streets.
