brutal

Example Sentences

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Those early years were marked by bitter and sometimes brutal incidents involving picketing farm workers who screamed “ Huelga! “

From Los Angeles Times

The television networks broadcast the brutal reality of the conflict into American living rooms.

From Salon

But Larijani also was a relatively moderate figure in the context of a brutal regime and was able to speak to the West.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fourth Wing introduces heroine Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman who is thrust into brutal training to become an elite dragon rider.

From BBC

Dictators may be faithless and brutal to their own people, but in the rarefied circle of fellow dictators, a kind of camaraderie flourishes.

From Salon