(In fact many of the other "social changes" listed above as encouraged by demoticism were things that the elite felt would be good for the nation, rather than things the masses of the nation were demanding for themselves.)

Suddenly a mass of rebels confronted the flags, and with hoarse shouts demanded their surrender.

The sheer mass and complexity of the Senate's growing responsibilities demanded the division of labor and specialization that a permanent committee system offered.

Its turret rotated toward the ruins again with the deliberation its great mass demanded.

Governments initiate education for the masses, and the masses in return are inspired with higher aspirations and demand more leisure time to enjoy their increased earnings.

She and the child had started out even but Lowell's small mass demanded much less oxygen.

When news of the debacle reached Paris the masses took to the streets and demanded that a republic be declared.

Next door is the Great Leader's conspicuously modest residence, used after coming to power and presumably before the masses demanded he build himself numerous palaces.

The crew, many of them originally from the SDIO program, were also highly critical of NASA's "chilling" effect on the program, and the masses of paperwork NASA demanded as part of the testing regimen.

The overwhelming mass of its architecture, in which time crossed and mixed, did not ask for attention shyly, like Paris or Copenhagen, but demanded it like a centurion barking orders.