brutality

While the inconvenience and brutality has certainly kept us angry and alert, there’s little proof it has made us safer.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

In that vein, the imagination as shaped by fiction is not focused on what divides but rather on what unites, even if the story depicts acts of brutality or oppression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

How Scotland, and other parts of the world, became entranced by the fairytale only for the reality of sport's essential brutality to hit them square between the eyes at Celtic Park on denouement day.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Chief Justice of India called for an independent investigation after a petition was filed in the Supreme Court alleging police brutality.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Its restlessness and brutality had dropped away as if cut off by a knife.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

After his death in 1625, England experienced civil war, the execution of Charles I and the brutalities of Oliver Cromwell’s rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

A couple of the most striking shots of the original two "Godfather" movies, for instance, juxtaposes the brutalities of America in the foreground while the Statue of Liberty stands tall in the distant background.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

For many, Garland’s announcement and the brutalities uncovered in the investigation are likely to be met with myriad emotions.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2023

But efforts to come to terms with the brutalities from one of the bloodiest wars in modern history have triggered intense emotions in both the United States and South Korea.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

For Christmas, Mrs. Levy always compiled not a gift list but rather a list of the injustices and brutalities she had suffered since August.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole