I answer: By a social movement we understand the aggregate of all those endeavours of a social class which are directed to a rational overturning of an existing social order to suit the interests of this class.
It would be wonderful, I think, if with this overturning of social institutions a revolution of social thought, science, and faith should not follow.
Mr. Louth, landlord of the Rampant Horse Hotel, Norwich, received fatal injuries by the overturning of his vehicle in London Street.
They did not suppose that one obnoxious statute was any reason for overturningthe Federal Constitution.
Will it be said that the clause of the constitution empowering the House to make a biennial appropriation for the object, does not vest in them a discretionary power in such instances of overturning the establishment by its own will?
The next minute he ran against the corner of the table, stumbled over the chair that stood beside it, overturning the mildewed lute, which fell with a hollow, musical crash.
In the same manner he crept along the wall of the room beyond, overturning in his passage a light table laden with plates and glasses, that fell with a deafening crash and tinkle of broken glass.
These bridges had been many years in existence; it is, therefore, fair to assume that no such wind in the direction required for overturning had expended its force upon them as to the whole surface.
And agitation and overturning shall not cease until the final realization is reached.
As he sent home the dagger his foot struck the lantern, overturning it, and sent the iron case with its burning contents rolling across the floor toward the powder train.
So it is a more permanent and more complete revolution which is effectuated by educating men to a sense of the majesty and worth of true manhood, than is any mere sudden overturning a rotten or cruel usurpation.
Mrs. Porter says that when she arrived there it was very cold, and the wind which had followed a heavy rain was very piercing, overturning some of the hospital tents and causing the inmates of all to tremble with cold and anxious fear.
The wind came sweeping around Lookout Mountain, and uniting with currents from the valleys of Mission Ridge, pressed in upon the hospital tents, overturning some, and making the inmates of all tremble with cold and anxious fear.
He declares it a widespread overturning of order, necessarily followed by terrible misfortunes, till a counter-stroke turns the nations back to the way appointed by God.
I stepped quickly in, nearly overturningthe old dame's candlestick.
The overturning of the scheme by Tarquin favored a union of the two orders for the punishment of that tyrant, and they combined; but it was only for a time.
What it shows us is no serene readjustment of abstract doctrines, but the wreck and overturning of trust and conviction and the practical grounds of life, accompanied with everything to provoke, embitter, and exasperate.
Renan paints, changing the whole course of history, overturning and converting the world, and founding the religion which M.
He who overturns one of his limits may have shown others the way and the means; the overturning of their limits remains their affair.
It was something of a feat to bring Tubby Blaisdell alongside the skiff and haul him inboard without overturning the boat.
The men's and boys' canoe races were very interesting, and Dave Shepard won a sweater, while one of the other Busters got the second prize of a dollar for quickness in overturning and righting a canoe.
Well," said Percy, "Tubby got in without overturning the boat and settled to work.
De Pretis was overturning everything in his search.
I fear Lady Caroline and some others will catch frequent colds and sore throats with overturning this reservoir.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overturning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: overthrow; overturn; reversal
