Sentence examples for withdraw in protest from inspiring English sources

(China was the only country to withdraw, in protest of the inclusion of Taiwan).

The oil company's sponsorship of the Electricity: The spark of life exhibition has already led several partners in the Manchester Science festival to withdraw in protest.

Last week, in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's home town, American warplanes, in tacit alliance with Iranian-backed Shiite militias, bombed Islamic State positions, only to have several of the militias withdraw in protest.

Last month, a decision by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to shut down the state broadcaster, ERT, spurred the junior partner in his coalition to withdraw in protest, leaving Mr. Samaras's two-party coalition with a wafer-thin majority in Parliament.

Togo are as disorganised as ever, with the government interfering in Didier Six's squad selection and then interfering to convince Emmanuel Adebayor not to withdraw in protest at interfering.

Were I standing as a candidate, I would withdraw in protest against those who used such tactics, in the hope of focusing attention on the wrong they have done.

Indignant, Amaterasu withdrew in protest into a cave, and darkness fell upon the world.

Anthony Lake, nominated by Clinton to head the CIA in December 1996, withdrew in protest three months later.

Ali Eshraghi, a grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the revolution, withdrew in protest after his candidacy was rejected.

Assad agreed to indirect peace talks, which began in Ankara in February, 2008; they ended that December, when Syria and Turkey withdrew in protest over Israel's war against Gaza.

Most opposition candidates withdrew in protest, and all major international observers boycotted the election, except for the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which are financed by the United States.