How to Use violent in a Sentence

violent

adjective

• The city has experienced an increase in violent crime in the past year.
• She suffered a violent death in a car accident.
• The patient suddenly became violent and had to be restrained.
• The final scene was extremely violent.
• The peaceful protest suddenly turned violent.
• They witnessed a violent struggle between police and protesters.
• He's not a particularly violent person.
• By the end of the year, though, violent crime had picked back up.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Or that he would be forced to fight for them in the face of violent threats and a hard shove outside the Capitol.
  — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
• And while that might seem weird enough, the tilt itself may be evidence of the Milky Way’s violent past.
  — WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
• Such attacks have helped make health care one of the nation’s most violent fields.
  — Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
• Such attacks have helped make health care one of the nation's most violent fields.
  — Time, 7 Aug. 2023
• Back in 1970, Lolita and a number of other whales were part of a violent capture from a pod in the Puget Sound near Seattle.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• And despite what folks' opinions or my opinion might be about whether this was violent or not [that] doesn't control [the law].
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Total violent crime is up 38%, and total crime is up 31%.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2023
• What turned up the dial on violent fantasies among this sorry group?
  — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Due to the nature of the charges, which are non-violent, and Trump being a first-time offender, the former president was not placed in jail.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Haley said those who were violent and caused damage should be charged but not those who didn’t and were on the Capitol grounds to support Trump.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• Fletcher called 911 to report the violent attack and spoke to NBC Philadelphia about the ordeal at the time.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
• Read full article Such attacks have helped make health care one of the nation's most violent fields.
  — Rebecca Boone, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• Many were killed in the violent bickering that seems to be a local tradition.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• For the film’s violent scenes, Nellen’s work involved creating a range of wounds out of silicone.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2024
• Brash, violent protector Buffy turns to into a delicate damsel and stays in distress for much of the episode.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Both are being bullied, Jamie at school and Ste at home by his violent father and brother.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
• As of Sunday, violent crime in D.C. was up one percent compared to the same time last year, driven in part by a 23 percent uptick in homicides.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
• But the report did not mention a second patient involved in a violent act.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
• The country has been overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.
  — CBS News, 16 Mar. 2024
• At the start of the weekend, a powerful storm system unleashed a line of violent tornadoes across 14 states.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2023
• And quotes from the Prime Minister referring to violent passages in the Bible about the need to slaughter all people in a rival kingdom?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
• But on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, the march turned violent when state troopers attacked the marchers, leaving many injured.
  — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024