nonviolent

Example Sentences

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The Yellow Vests were mostly nonviolent and had little or no experience of mass mobilization.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

In the following years, they built a flourishing movement fighting for farmworkers’ rights, employing marches, fasts and other nonviolent protest actions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The group had gathered at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster for what was billed as "nonviolent direct action training".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Most of those who attended these protests were peaceful—Operation Rescue instructed recruits on what it called nonviolent civil disobedience.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

This period of control may last a lifetime, even for those convicted of extremely minor, nonviolent offenses, but the vast majority of those swept into the system are eventually released.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander