How to Use "spate" with Example Sentences

1. There has been a spate of protests across china this year .
2. Real estate is booming in the philippines , as a spate of new construction signals .
3. But a spate of strikes has hit the country 's factories , and chinese labour is getting dearer .
4. But it has gained growing attention from the chinese public thanks to a spate of high-profile cases and government crackdowns .
5. After a spate of suspicious rider deaths , a 1991 new york times article highlighted the deadly potential of the drug du jour .