violent
Example Sentences
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She had gone there in a last-ditch attempt to recover her health and instead collapsed with a violent pulmonary hemorrhage.
The wind was growing, and the waves were high and violent.
From Literature
Readers are looking for comfort food, not books that are overly violent or mean, he added.
The trends for other categories of violent crime were a “mixed bag,” he said, and concerns about property crimes such as burglary and vehicle thefts remain ongoing.
From Los Angeles Times
King knew the divide between those demonstrators and the violent response would play out on TV screens across the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
