Sentence examples similar to a brutal expression from inspiring English sources

Sunnis and Shiites are among the protesters in a country that has been at war for much of the 12 years since the US toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003, been shaped by sectarian politics since, seen its minorities brutalized and forced to leave, and has lost significant territory to the Islamic State that represents the most brutal expression of sectarian hatred.

Faced by all the brutal expressions of his neighbor Robert Mugabe's megalomania, Mbeki has prodded here and there, like a learned physician mildly intrigued by a corpse.

"But already, the announcement in itself is an expression of a brutal mentality, devoid of any ethical and human consideration," the statement said.

Perhaps the society was so tamed by the regime that no more could be expected of it; but it was also possible that the regime was in part the political expression of a brutal and authoritarian culture.

Obviously, in the story of a pious Israelite widow who single-handedly rescues her people from an assault by Holofernes, a brutal Assyrian general, there is an expression of faith in its most conventional sense: Judith calls on her God for courage and strength.

These companies face a brutal situation.

Council leader Gordon Matheson described the killings at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office as "a brutal attack on democracy and freedom of expression".

A brutal sport.

A brutal occupation produces a brutal insurgency: case closed.

It's just a brutal process and a brutal world".

It is a brutal act and a brutal trade.