How to Use civil disobedience in a Sentence

civil disobedience

noun

• In an act of civil disobedience, the family sent its tax money to an antiwar organization.
• A student organization is encouraging civil disobedience as a way to get the university to change its policies.
• My first flirtation with civil disobedience and protests occurred within the realm of the civil rights movement.
  — Elise Patkotak, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
• The second is more philosophical: What is the appropriate way for the justice system to deal with civil disobedience?
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2017
• The practice only changed because black youth in the 1960s risked their lives to fight back against this discrimination with civil disobedience.
  — Erika L. Sánchez, Time, 17 Oct. 2017
• He was joined by Rep. Steve Toth in his act of civil disobedience.
  — Fox News, 8 May 2020
• And these are just a few of the many countries that saw large demonstrations of civil disobedience this year.
  — NBC News, 24 Dec. 2019
• The group used civil disobedience in the form of shutdowns and protests as a tactic to counter Indian rule.
  — NBC News, 2 Sep. 2021
• After bail was revoked, a judge found Mr. Lai guilty on a pair of civil disobedience charges and sentenced him to 14 months in prison.
  — Mark L. Clifford and L. Gordon Crovitz, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• But as Shafer would soon learn, tiny-home living appealed to more than those with a taste for civil disobedience.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
• That this round of civil disobedience will lead to real change.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2020
• Some fear that a lack of what the Black people in town perceive as justice could result in civil disobedience.
  — NBC News, 20 Oct. 2021
• In the months that followed, millions took to the streets in protest and worked to delegitimize the government through a campaign of civil disobedience.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2021
• Several labor unions called on their members to walk off the job in a show of civil disobedience.
  — Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
• Has any act of civil disobedience in the U.S. been as impactful in the 21st century?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
• Some movie theaters stayed open in an act of civil disobedience.
  — Raf Casert, ajc, 27 Dec. 2021
• More than 40% of all protests involved some civil disobedience, the report said.
  — Fox News, 2 Dec. 2020
• Meanwhile, there is not much the police can do should tactics switch to a campaign of low-level civil disobedience—strikes, sit-ins and so on.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• It could be seen as support for the nationwide strike of state railway workers, who are part of the civil disobedience movement against the coup.
  — Fox News, 13 Mar. 2021
• The attacks could also have been an act of civil disobedience.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 27 July 2024
• Then the class assignment mushroomed into a plan — hatched by 10- and 11-year-olds — to stage a little civil disobedience of their own.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
• This is the third time he's been arrested for civil disobedience.
  — J. Edward Moreno, azcentral, 14 July 2019
• The 1963 civil rights march occurred in a summer of demonstrations and civil disobedience across the South.
  — Rick Hampson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
• The activists want to draw attention on the climate protest by blocking roads and with other acts of civil disobedience in Berlin and other cities around the world.
  — Geir Moulson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
• Others say protests and civil disobedience will be more fruitful than the electoral process.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 6 July 2021
• Alongside the protests, a civil disobedience campaign of strikes has paralysed large parts of the economy.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2021
• As Kenyans look set to head to the polls, Messrs. Kenyatta and Odinga remained worlds apart, the one calling for unity, the other for civil disobedience.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
• In one of Canada’s wild natural expanses lies a sleepy beach town known for sand, surf, and one of the country’s largest acts of civil disobedience.
  — Clarissa Dawes, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2020
• Ascetic and unflinching, Gandhi changed the face of civil disobedience around the world.
  — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 27 Sep. 2019
• Thinking Ethical hacking: saving society with computer code As a form of civil disobedience, hacking can help make the world a better place.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024