Below you will find example sentences with "hunger strike". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Hunger Strike in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: strike
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "hunger strike" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as join mass hunger strike in assam, 2005 student hunger strike to achieve, prison, join and went stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with first strike, strike action, nationwide strike, first strike and strike action, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with hunger strike
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
As such, Kublallsingh took the dramatic action of going on a hunger strike. (13 words)
She had earlier told reporters: “I am still on hunger strike, I am remaining on hunger strike. (17 words)
Earlier, she had invited 18 political parties, including the Congress to join the one-day hunger strike. (17 words)
According to Sangma, it was unfortunate that only the people who went to support the leaders were arrested but the main organizers of the hunger strike who invited the public to support were let off despite the rejection of their bail plea. (42 words)
There was discontent and threats of strike action among prison guards, and after guards shot a prisoner during a riot in February, prisoners began a hunger strike, with five taking to the roof with protest signs made from bed sheets. (40 words)
An American imprisoned in Iran for seven years launched a hunger strike Monday to protest his “soul crushing” plight and that of other Americans held in Iran, appealing to President Joe Biden to take action to secure their release. (39 words)
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Example sentences (20)
On 1 December three women – Mairéad Nugent, Mairéad Farrell and Mary Doyle – joined the 1980 hunger strike and continued on the fast until the hunger strike was brought to an end on 18 December.
She had earlier told reporters: “I am still on hunger strike, I am remaining on hunger strike.
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One of the hunger strikers in Otero was deported to India eight days into his hunger strike, according to Corchado.
During her nine prison terms, she went on hunger strike and was force-fed using forceful and traumatizing methods and instruments, a practice that was commonly used on suffragettes who were hunger striking.
There was discontent and threats of strike action among prison guards, and after guards shot a prisoner during a riot in February, prisoners began a hunger strike, with five taking to the roof with protest signs made from bed sheets.
A baker by trade and a father to nine children, Adnan was the first Palestinian to die of hunger strike in an Israeli prison since 1992.
According to Sangma, it was unfortunate that only the people who went to support the leaders were arrested but the main organizers of the hunger strike who invited the public to support were let off despite the rejection of their bail plea.
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Mansoor Adayfi, alleged that DeSantis witnessed the force-feeding he allegedly endured during the hunger strike in 2006, to The Independent.
After three days of hunger strike, both activists were transferred to a hospital within the prison compound, despite their refusal to receive medical treatment.
Ambad is about 25 km from the Antarwali Sarati village where Mr. Jarange-Patil had launched a hunger strike for the demand of Maratha quota first in August and again in October.
An American imprisoned in Iran for seven years launched a hunger strike Monday to protest his “soul crushing” plight and that of other Americans held in Iran, appealing to President Joe Biden to take action to secure their release.
As such, Kublallsingh took the dramatic action of going on a hunger strike.
At Georgetown, student organizing has been instrumental in pushing ethical reform on labor rights, as evidenced by the 2005 student hunger strike to achieve livable wages for Georgetown employees and 2011 to support unionization of Leo’s workers.
Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions in Jaw prison, activists and authorities said.
By May Grant had been away from his family for five months with no end in sight to his imprisonment so he took the decision to go on hunger strike.
Due to a hunger strike by two female activists accused of the crime, prosecutions for lese majeste have lately received more public attention.
During his victory speech and recent debates, he shared memories from his past students and his connection to the 2015 hunger strike when residents pressured the school district to reopen a high school on the South Side of Chicago.
Earlier, she had invited 18 political parties, including the Congress to join the one-day hunger strike.
Israeli authorities arrested Mr. Adnan on Feb. 5 and he immediately went on a hunger strike to protest his detention.