violent
Example Sentences
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Spain coach Luis de la Fuente called the chants "intolerable" and said "violent people use football to carve out a space for themselves".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
There is no evidence of violent conflict, and locals and newcomers were sometimes buried together, suggesting peaceful coexistence.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
To the world’s grave danger, so does Titan X — a Lovecraftian tentacled behemoth whose emergence triggers Kong into a violent frenzy.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
It is mistaken to say that violence committed in the name of this insight has nothing to do with Islam, just as it is wrong to think of Islam as an inherently violent religion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
About three o’clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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