Sentence examples for watershed events from inspiring English sources

As watershed events go, this one is certainly well timed.

The H Block/Armagh prison protest and the hunger strikes were watershed events in recent Irish history.

A run of watershed events began with Thatcher's first election victory in 1979, and the 1980 arrival in the White House of her ideological soulmate, Ronald Reagan.

These are considered watershed events in the continuing struggle to persuade riders to trade felt Stetsons for a sturdy helmet with a titanium grille.

But his combat in Europe, when he was still a teenager, and his time in a German prison camp remain watershed events.

But Mr. Assad, more than most, experienced the bitter chasm between the vaunted oratory of unity and the constant scheming and back-stabbing that marked actual relations between the Arab states in watershed events like the wars against Israel.

This was a watershed event.

"We're seeing a watershed event".

This is a watershed event.

President Obama hailed the announcement as "a watershed event".

"Being able to return here -- it's a watershed event".