Sentence examples for amount to violence from inspiring English sources

The discussion began last fall, with a rebuke of the idea that words amount to violence.

"Deeply offensive as it undoubtedly was" it did not amount to violence, said the judges, but did demonstrate he was at times "over-excited, out of control and raising the temperature in a manner which could only be dangerous in the context of a large and angry crowd".

Eating honey is strictly outlawed, as it would amount to violence against the bees.

Honey is forbidden, as its collection would amount to violence against the bees.

The starting-point for legislation should be the premise that prostitution amounts to violence against women and is an affront to sexual equality, their report, published on Monday, claims.

Both men have done an enormous amount to curb violence, renounce it as a method, and establish credible security services.

The law, which comes into effect on Tuesday, aims to reduce psychological bullying that includes extreme psychological and emotional abuse, even if it does not amount to physical violence, according to the International Business Times.

The UN special rapporteur on summary executions, Agnes Callamard, said such directives "amount to incitement to violence and killing, a crime under international law".

Women's rights activist Vrinda Grover said comments like these are indicative of a regressive mindset that is "extremely uncomfortable" when the law tries to "criminalize conduct that amounts to sexual violence".

Qwabe, who speaks with passion and gesticulating anger, has said that the statue, the curriculum and the shortage of black students and academics at Oxford forms part of a "racist" outlook that amounts to "structural violence".

Kensington and Chelsea are trying, now, to answer that question, but how receptive will victims of what effectively amounts to state violence be to the state offering help too little, too late?