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

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

From Salon • Mar. 6, 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

While she addresses such weighty topics as police brutality and climate disasters in her large-scale works, making wearables provides comfort.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

During the following 337 years before the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, an institution of enormous brutality was fashioned, its cumbersome legal underpinnings growing over the centuries.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson