Example sentences for: rioters

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

  • Among the early story lines : The rioters were sending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a message that he must negotiate or pay a price; relations between the Israeli army and Palestinian police--who fought alongside the rioters--have collapsed; Netanyahu was not a decisive ideologue but a aimless dawdler; concessions to the Palestinians, said the Likud government, would signal weakness and invite further attacks; and the conflagration placed Egypt in a precarious position as it tried to facilitate reconciliation amid Arab rage over Israel's actions.

  • Rioters suspect the government of killing Abiola, and close to 20 people have died already.

  • In a perfect world, there would be no need to refer to people by their skin color: many years ago newspapers agreed to omit mention of an individual's color, but they got round that by showing a photograph; today, television newscasters avoid irrelevant mention of skin color, but they seem almost relieved to be able to show a picture of someone being arrested and of looters and rioters.

  • Quoting a military manual leaked to the Jakarta Post , the paper said platoon leaders have been authorized to use live ammunition "in self-defense to cripple rioters who are clearly threatening to kill others [or to] cause heavy material damage."

  • 3. In Palestine, after a funeral for a youth killed by a rubber-coated steel pellet, rioters hurl stones and firebombs at Israeli police.


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