peaceful protest

Example Sentences

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They claimed they had a lawful excuse, telling the court it was a peaceful protest and the damage was minor.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Ours is a free society where the right to peaceful protest is sacred.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

A peaceful protest in support of a 37-year-old man shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis was under way Saturday evening in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

"The right of Iranian men and women to peaceful protest, their freedom of expression, must be respected" and "arbitrary arrests must cease", Jose Manuel Albares told Catalunya Radio.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Each time James Bevel gave the signal, the next group poured out the front door and down the stairs—some fifty children at a time—and continued the peaceful protest march.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry