brutality

Example Sentences

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Ryan Coogler launched his career with an indie look at police brutality in America.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The author is also refreshingly clear-eyed in criticizing the brutality of the Paul Kagame regime in Rwanda, for instance, and commendably avoids the usual endorsement of any autocrats who produce high growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Like Marge, they refute brutality and rally against it.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

He came of age during Uganda's struggle for independence from the UK, which was followed by a period of brutality and turbulence under Milton Obote and Idi Amin.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Its restlessness and brutality had dropped away as if cut off by a knife.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White