Sentence examples for waves of rioting from inspiring English sources

The move comes amid spiraling social unrest that has unleashed waves of rioting and vigilante thuggery on the streets of Athens.

The action begins in darkness, with a police raid on a Detroit bar, and proceeds to waves of rioting and looting.

The End began in 1981, the year that Price Charles and Lady Diana were married, Bob Marley died and the country's inner cities were engulfed by massive waves of rioting.

This, of course, harkens back to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which saw waves of rioting in the streets (and also gave birth to the cry: "The whole world is watching!" since the television cameras were rolling during some of the worst of it).

There were protests in other Iranian cities, including Mashhad and Rasht, despite waves of riot officers who beat back mourners.

Across eastern Europe, there have been waves of riots by angry voters who were promised an economic miracle when their countries joined the European Union, but instead have been riding an extraordinary and unsustainable credit bubble that has now burst, leaving many in the clutches of the International Monetary Fund.

A second wave of rioting in Brixton spread throughout the country.

Neighbouring Algeria has also been hit by unrest, with two people killed and hundreds injured in a wave of rioting last week sparked by high food prices.

The police were focusing their investigation across the Thames in South London, setting up an incident room at Lewisham, a district where youth gangs rioted in August in the wave of rioting that struck dozens of British cities and towns.

Mr. Nakoula has not spoken publicly since the trailer, parts of which were broadcast on Egyptian television, first set off a wave of rioting and attacks that led to the death of four Americans in Libya, including the ambassador.

Police officers implicated in the accidental deaths of two teenagers in 2005, which set off a wave of rioting, are expected to stand trial after a ruling on Wednesday by France's highest court.