brutality

In 2016, former American football player Colin Kaepernick sat down and later knelt on one knee during the anthem as a demonstration against police brutality and racism in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

As the author’s career rose astronomically after the Booker Prize, he gained a reputation for writing the kind of brutality readers can’t brush past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The police has launched 10 internal investigations into allegations of brutality since they started, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said late Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some backdrops were creepy set dressing, while others had tactile brutality — Sphere often had the rumble-seat effect blaring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

But, to her surprise, his face, awake and animate, conveyed none of the brutality that had been her first impression.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The toxins bred in his mind by the brutalities of war cannot be eradicated, even if he can describe his sufferings with such deceptively majestic language.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

A number of recent and upcoming films by Ukrainian filmmakers, born of the continuing conflict, try to articulate these tensions, some more directly in conversation with the brutalities of war than others.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2022

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