Sentence examples for before the carnage from inspiring English sources

But that was before so many racers had tumbled, or as Vonn's husband and coach, Thomas, said, "before the carnage".

Total sales fell by a third more than a year ago, most of them before the carnage on Wall Street began in earnest.

Hours before the carnage, Mr. Hollande had said that a state of emergency put in place after the Nov. 13 attacks in and around Paris would end soon.

A few hours before the carnage of Friday the 13th, a general called Jean-Louis Desvignes, president of the Association of Reservists, Arcsi, posted a document on an internet forum debating "digital freedom".

Found in his possession was a phone, on which were pictures of visits to Birmingham and London months before the carnage in the French capital, as well as pictures taken during his visit to fellow jihadis.

Like Elizabeth Costello, he seems to quiver with shame and abhorrence before the carnage of animals raised for food: a chapter entitled "On the slaughter of animals" describes the kitchens we see on television cooking programs as if from the estranged eye of the non-carnivore.

But I have campaigned for a treaty to control the international arms trade since the mid-1990s, after Costa Rica, having abolished its own army decades before, witnessed the carnage caused by unrestricted arms sales to other nations of Central America.

The ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, visited Birmingham and London months before spearheading the carnage in the French capital.

Speaking in Moscow before the extent of the carnage was clear, Mr. Putin vowed that Russia would retaliate for any terrorism, though he did not directly address the attack in Grozny.

We have more information about the carnage involved before it ends up on our plates.

Before the novel is over, the carnage is nearly complete: three men have been crudely buried, one has been raped, and the survivors have had the bark peeled from their modern sensibilities.