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
  • All but two of the remains showed signs of violent deaths.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • 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
  • This was not his first attempt to plan a violent event.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The drones are now a lot more powerful and way more violent.
    Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2023
  • 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.
    Time, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Such attacks have helped make health care one of the nation’s most violent fields.
    Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Can Noemí figure out the violent secrets behind the walls of High Place?
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The set-up for the film is simple: A woman travels to a small town with the brother of her ex-boyfriend who was killed there in a violent tragedy.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Although most of the charges against Woody’s client were cleared, her record still contains an arrest for a violent felony.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022
  • That story is one that paints him as a survivor of a violent partner.
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 9 Mar. 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
  • Nearly 50 percent of those housed by the jail are facing charges for violent crimes.
    Michael Murney, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The violent turn of those protests in 2019 stymied President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda at the time.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The shooting is the latest in a recent string of violent incidents on the L.A. Metro system.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • 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
  • She's written about hurricanes, tornadoes and violent weather for more than 30 years.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Asher said states and local governments, as well as philanthropies, are pumping money into programs to bring down violent crime.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024

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