Sentence examples for 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.

At times it is hard to look at these crude paintings, with their chromatic dissonances, brutal attitudes and expressions.

Here, the distorted limbs, brutal suppression, agonised expressions and ominous clouds are reminiscent of plate 39, Grande hazaña!

Here and there a tiny perfect observation illuminates the process – a mother superior, for instance, looks up from her desk with "an expression of brutal amiability".

They're also a biting evocation of Mao's "let a hundred flowers bloom" crackdown of the 1950s, in which surface offerings of free expression disguised brutal government retribution.

Mr. Karimov has used the existence of such movements as the pretext for an often brutal clampdown on any expression of Islam, jailing thousands of people in sweeps across the country that have been repeatedly criticized by rights groups.

It's an unusual combination, and while the subject matter is brutal and horrific, the expression of it is very beautiful and poetic," said Allardice, who judged the prize with the authors Ahdaf Soueif, Kate Summerscale, William Dalrymple and Jeanette Winterson, as well as Guardian deputy editor Katharine Viner.

"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.

Dissidents were routinely jailed by the brutal junta that strangled free expression in Myanmar for decades, one of many repressive policies that garnered global support for Suu Kyi's democracy struggle.