brutality

Example Sentences

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Ryan Coogler launched his career with an indie look at police brutality in America.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

In a joint letter in January 2025, they appealed to Putin directly to look into allegations of brutality in his unit.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Like Marge, they refute brutality and rally against it.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Paradoxically, at virtually the same time, the many stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which dramatized, or melodramatized, the brutality of slavery, were an enduring sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

She could mean that this is a reminder to us of the unjustness and brutality of the regime.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood