Example sentences for: protests

How can you use “protests” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He raises a hand to quell TIMOTHY'S protests.

  • In spite of vigorous protests from environmentalists, plans were approved for a road tunnel under the mountains, and digging began in 1990.

  • Despite protests from the Catholic League, reviewers agree that writer-director Kevin Smith's latest is "a tortured testament from a true believer" (Richard Corliss, Time ). What's more, this "obviously devout, enlightened parable" about a pair of rebellious angels (played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) is "mercilessly funny" and "gratifyingly cynicism free" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Alan Rickman round out the cast as the 13 th apostle, a muse, and a messenger from God.

  • The Wall Street Journal reports that Indonesian students have relied heavily on e-mail and cell phones to organize their protests.

  • Everybody reports that when Jiang defended the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests as necessary to preserving his country's stability, Clinton stated that on human rights, China is "on the wrong side of history."


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