Sentence examples for symbolic call from inspiring English sources

However, some Indian and Pakistani publications lambasted the Nobel committee's choice as a ponderously symbolic call to political and religious rapprochement between the two countries.

For one hour every March since 2007, darkness has swept the globe as grassroots environmentalists, schools, offices and those responsible for some of the world's most iconic landmarks switch off lights in a symbolic call for more action on climate change.

This year's march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Holder said, was a symbolic call to finish the work of the original demonstration of 7 March 1965, "Bloody Sunday", which set the stage for the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

It was a symbolic call to arms.

The riots spawned from a bar raid became a literal example of gays and lesbians fighting back, and a symbolic call to arms for many people.

On the inaugural Fashion Revolution Day, thousands of people around the world turned their clothes inside-out in a symbolic call to action for more ethical fashion practices.

Although he's still selling out stadiums, and in February received the symbolic call-up to play at the annual celebration of Americana that is the Super Bowl half-time show, many critics felt Springsteen's most recent album Working on a Dream didn't live up to the standards of its predecessor.

At the very least, its value is symbolic: calling people's attention to the possibilities of carbon-free air travel.

The mostly symbolic calls for an electoral college rejection of Trump grew after revelations of a CIA assessment that Russian hacking could have boosted his campaign, which in the view of many Trump critics raised doubts about his legitimacy.

Kangiten may also be depicted symbolically by symbolic syllable called shuji or bija or by symbols such as an umbrella, garland or bow and arrow in mandalas.

Sister Anne and her co-defendants, whom prosecutors called the Bangor 5, say they broke into the base as a symbolic wakeup call to the world which, they believe, is sleepwalking toward nuclear annihilation with the United States leading the way.