Sentence examples for there was strike from inspiring English sources

From December of 2002 through February 2003, there was strike of mostly white-collar workers at the national oil industry, along with some business owners.

Ueshiba relented and returned to the capital, but while residing there was stricken with a serious illness.

In Vienna there were strikes and riots in protest, and the Palace of Justice was set ablaze.

In Iraq there were strikes on IS targets west of Baghdad and southeast of Irbil, near Kurdish territory.

Indeed, in the hours after the accident, there was striking unity across the political spectrum.

There were strikes everywhere.

There were strikes by city workers.

There were strikes across the country on August 6th.

HONG KONG — There is no legal right to strike in China, but there are strikes every day.

There were strikes, fire bombings, and street fights; there were prayers and marches and assemblages.

On the contrary, those of us who were there were struck by Ferguson's levity.