atrocities

Example Sentences

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We need to be reminded of such atrocities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

She has often repeated her mentor’s assertion of colonial-era atrocities in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

But it’s just not exactly the same thing when your own government is committing atrocities and you by extension feel directly responsible.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Evidence provided by Serbia, which has never recognised Kosovo's independence, is particularly sensitive due to the scale of atrocities committed by Serb police and military during the 1998-1999 conflict.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

He wondered how God could allow these atrocities to happen.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren