Sentence examples for tried to overthrow from inspiring English sources

Many of his civilians then tried to overthrow him.

In 1928, Venezuelan students tried to overthrow him.

Elements within his armed forces have repeatedly mutinied and tried to overthrow him.

"If we tried to overthrow Qaddafi by force," he said, "our coalition would splinter".

If we tried to overthrow Gaddafi by force, our coalition would splinter.

On Saturday, the North said it was indicting him on charges that he tried to overthrow Pyongyang's government.

In 1993 armed communists and fascists tried to overthrow Mr Yeltsin's government; he shelled the hostile parliament.

His tenure included the period when the American-financed contra rebels tried to overthrow Mr. Ortega's Sandinista government.

"In that second inning he pitched, it looked like he just tried to overthrow it," Torre said of Contreras.

The protesters claim to be inspired by those at the Athens Polytechnic who tried to overthrow Greece's ruling colonels three decades ago.

Shortly after being elected to the House of Representatives, in 1994, he tried to overthrow his new Speaker, Newt Gingrich, in 1997.