Sentence examples for contained violence from inspiring English sources

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True, the Middle Ages contained violence, repression and terror.

Compared with election campaigns in other African countries, this one has had relatively contained violence.

Karachi manages to hold together because bouts of brutal, though contained, violence are interspersed with dealmaking and calm.

He walks slowly, shoulders back and belly out, and his every gesture throbs with barely contained violence, which shows itself in the form of curt, brutal sarcasm.

Or with a contained violence in the offbeat accents of cello and piano left-hand, as if Brahms were not only erasing the old theme but, in Richard's words, "stamping it out" -- stamping out the embers that irritate his heart.

As an actor he has always been willing to blend his immense, almost boyish charm with a sense of contained violence, suggesting something darker behind the bright smile and accommodating patter.

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It contains violence, sexual situations and drug use.

Containing violence there could be costlier than Serbian membership.

"It is essential to contain violence and anarchy".

They generally contain violence and are at times profane.

"Scary Movie 2" is rated R. It contains violence, sexuality, and adult language.

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