Example sentences for: steunenberg

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

  • Considered a moderate on labor issues, Steunenberg had been elected governor by a wide margin in 1896, with the support of the Populists and organized labor.

  • Historians may also question whether the Steunenberg affair, on its own, touched off, in Lukas' words, "a struggle for the soul of America."

  • But Lukas never fully clarified why Steunenberg's murder and its aftermath were as pivotal as his subtitle implies they were.

  • After prolonged coaxing by McParland, Orchard confessed to Steunenberg's murder--and, with the clear impression that he could save his own neck by naming others, he went on to implicate three executives of the Denver-based Western Federation of Miners, one of whom, William D. ("Big Bill") Haywood, had co-founded an even more notorious organization, the Industrial Workers of the World.

  • It's easy to see what drew Lukas to the Steunenberg episode: a tale of murder that is still shrouded in mystery; along with a long-forgotten cause


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