Get to know Insurrection better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like rebellion or revolt.
Insurrection in a sentence
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Insurrection meaning
The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
Using Insurrection
- The main meaning on this page is: The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
- Useful related words include: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising.
- In the example corpus, insurrection often appears in combinations such as: the insurrection, an insurrection, in insurrection.
Context around Insurrection
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Insurrection
- In this selection, "insurrection" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, violent, capitol, constitutional, starts, defendants and clause stand out and add context to how "insurrection" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a constitutional insurrection clause and a violent insurrection against reconstruction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "insurrection" sits close to words such as adversary, bleed and compel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with insurrection
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another insurrection was launched in 1814, and again this insurrection was also suppressed. (13 words)
Edward Douglass White fought for the Confederacy and took up arms in a violent insurrection against Reconstruction. (17 words)
Epps in his own words orchestrated what you have been claiming is an insurrection, an attack on democracy (supposedly). (19 words)
A federal judge ruled that despite the public’s right to know about the contents of the footage, the videos could only be released on a case-by-case basis after the footage had been played in court during the cases against Capitol insurrection defendants. (45 words)
At issue here is Section 3 of the to the US constitution, which bars former officers of the US who “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” from holding office. (41 words)
After citing instances when Trump called for peaceful actions and eventually asked those who forced their way into the Capitol to go home, the response brief argues that nothing he did could be defined as “engaging in insurrection. (38 words)
Did President Trump engage in that insurrection, to the extent that case hinges in part on the statements he made? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
From the opening page, Neiwert’s prose feels like a gunshotThe Age of Insurrection starts with the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and never truly leaves it behind.
However, as Trump has not been convicted of insurrection, it is unclear if being “engaged in insurrection” against the US is a different, possibly lower, burden to fulfill.
Another insurrection was launched in 1814, and again this insurrection was also suppressed.
In the aftermath of the insurrection, 45 slaves, including Turner, and five free blacks were tried for insurrection and related crimes in Southampton.
Then in March of the same year, following the insurrection of the Paris Commune the French government under Thiers relocated to Versailles, from where the insurrection was militarily quelled.
There would not be first a period of insurrection and then later, thanks to this insurrection, the transformation of social reality.
A federal judge ruled that despite the public’s right to know about the contents of the footage, the videos could only be released on a case-by-case basis after the footage had been played in court during the cases against Capitol insurrection defendants.
A former Washington, D.C. Capitol Police official is declaring that the events of January 6, 2021, were not an insurrection, and alleging that government agencies have attempted to silence his firsthand testimony.
After a weeklong hearing in November, District Judge Sarah B. Wallace found that Trump indeed had ''engaged in insurrection'' by inciting the Jan.
After citing instances when Trump called for peaceful actions and eventually asked those who forced their way into the Capitol to go home, the response brief argues that nothing he did could be defined as “engaging in insurrection.
All they wanted was to express their opinion, and then they were forced at gunpoint to admit to violent insurrection.
At issue here is Section 3 of the to the US constitution, which bars former officers of the US who “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” from holding office.
Bellows argued that, under Maine law, Trump did not have to be convicted to be disqualified - merely to have engaged in insurrection.
But they continued to appear on the network to promote falsehoods in the weeks leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan.
Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause.
Did President Trump engage in that insurrection, to the extent that case hinges in part on the statements he made?
Edward Douglass White fought for the Confederacy and took up arms in a violent insurrection against Reconstruction.
Epps in his own words orchestrated what you have been claiming is an insurrection, an attack on democracy (supposedly).
Even if that were true, Trump has not been convicted in a court of law of insurrection or for any other crime.
First, Trump has never been convicted in any court of law or by Congress at the conclusion of the second impeachment proceeding of participating in an insurrection or rebellion.
Common combinations with insurrection
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the insurrection 39×
- an insurrection 28×
- in insurrection 16×
- insurrection and 15×
- insurrection in 13×
- insurrection or 12×
- of insurrection 11×
- insurrection against 10×
- insurrection was 9×
- january insurrection 8×