Sentence examples for upheaval a from inspiring English sources

They are the agents of social upheaval, a role once played by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

As well as stoking unrest among Greeks tired of two years of austerity and political upheaval, a new vote could interfere with a series of crucial deadlines.

Xu is also meant to be an Everyman, facing family upheaval (a divorce, a sad kid) and the wear and tear of business competition and hustle and bustle.

In his compassionate curiosity and his instincts for insurgent uncertainty, Crace surely ranks among our greatest novelists of radical upheaval, a perfect fit for our unstable, unforgiving age.

Robert C. Janiszewski, the Hudson County executive, abruptly resigned today, throwing into political upheaval a bastion of Democratic politics that has often been tarnished by scandal.

"What the charity needed was a period of stability, but what it got was more upheaval," a former senior member of staff told the Guardian.

If merely getting to the playoffs seems like enough of a goal for a team that went through an extraordinary off-season of upheaval -- a new coach, a new defensive coordinator, a new owner and the trade of a star receiver -- forget it, Groh said.

Of the governance reform movement he sees spreading across Asia, Davis says: "It's an upheaval, and a healthy one".

That could set off a social upheaval in a European Union member state.

America will soon experience a demographic upheaval of a scale not witnessed since the Baby Boom.

A sudden and unexpected transfer is a burdensome and embarrassing upheaval for a family.