violent
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She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
However violent Gandhi’s quest for non-violence becomes, the production evolves into impossible radiance, turning the opera into something resembling a Passion Play.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Analysts say the most obvious hole is the omission of violent far-right movements.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
However, Beijing imposed a national security law on the former British colony in 2020 after huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests the year before.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
We often read that red seems to advance, while blue recedes; or that the former is a violent or passionate color, the latter a sad one.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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