brutality

Example Sentences

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Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The department’s civilian oversight panel voted unanimously during Tuesday’s meeting that the shooting that killed 30-year-old Linda Becerra Moran, whose case has galvanized police brutality activists, was “out of policy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

In Macron's remarks, he said he preferred "respect to bullies" and the "rule of law to brutality".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The US-based Institute for the Study of War said authorities were using "an unprecedented level of brutality to suppress protests", noting reports of protest activity had sharply declined.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

But he was always swearing that he would do better; it was, perhaps, the brutality of his penitence that had kept them together for so long.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin