violently

Example Sentences

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Violently ill, they have had to be belted into their seats.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2010

Violently antivocational, the college rejects early specialization even though most students go on to graduate school.

From Time Magazine Archive

I love Bjork, but there are only so many times I can hear Violently Happy in half an hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violently anticlerical and stanchly antimonarchist, he could have stepped right out of a Blasco Iba�ez novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violently at first she wept, but gradually the sobs grew quieter and less frequent until at last they ceased entirely, and, worn out by fatigue, the maiden slept.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster