Sentence examples for vast demonstrations from inspiring English sources

The numbers involved were small in comparison to the vast demonstrations of the Arab spring.

His supporters and their gendarme backers seemed to overwhelm Mr. Ouattara's supporters, who began the day with vast demonstrations, and most of those killed today were Muslims.

The mourning turned into vast demonstrations for a free press, more open and representative government, a crackdown on corruption and inflation, and independent labor unions.

Back then, an unpopular Chávez withstood vast demonstrations, a short-lived coup and prolonged strikes-cum-lockouts. Mr Maduro seems to think he can likewise ride out the storm.

Last week, battered by the defections of top military supporters as well as vast demonstrations in Sana, the capital, and in other major cities, he took part in discussions mediated by American diplomats aimed at a peaceful transfer of power.

While liberal activists have called for Bibi's release, Islamist hardliners have demanded her execution, not least during vast demonstrations that erupted in Rawalpindi in March after Qadri was hanged for Taseer's murder.

It did not come as a great surprise when, on the night of a vast demonstration, Mr Anwar was arrested.

The vast demonstration, which unfolded in crisp temperatures under cloudless skies, was not the exclusive province of climate campaigners.

He was there, unforgettably, at the vast demonstration against the war in Iraq in Hyde Park in February 2003.

Some have seen a symbolic meaning in his decision to make Monday's vast demonstration in Tehran a march from Enghelab (revolution) Square to Azadi (freedom) Square.

At yesterday's vast demonstration in Paris of world leaders and ordinary folk, there was no top-level representative of the Obama administration, and on both sides of the pond, some people regretted that.