Sentence examples for encouraged violence from inspiring English sources

It makes it so hard to watch or go to an N.H.L. game, and how do I explain this encouraged violence to my kids?

Allegations that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, allowed, or even encouraged violence in which 1,000 predominantly Muslim people died in Gujarat in 2002 have made him a target for Islamic extremists.

Mr. Awlaki, who was born in the United States but now is in hiding in Yemen, has become an influential figure whose sermons, distributed from his popular Web site, encouraged violence to defend against what he described as attacks on Muslims.

Both men hated opponents, the media and encouraged violence at their rallies.

He has openly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraged violence against protesters at his rallies.

Mindszenty chose outright and open confrontation (although never encouraged violence) and was tortured and imprisoned for his pains.

In an alarming hint of desperation, the army in February encouraged mob violence in Kapilvastu district, on the Indian border.

The charges that he allowed or even encouraged mob violence in 2002 in Gujarat – which he denies and which a supreme court investigation found were not supported by the evidence it was able to examine – reinforce his status as a man who is separate from the political establishment.

At the turn of the 21st century, the NAACP sponsored campaigns against youth violence, encouraged economic enterprise among African Americans, and led voter drives to increase participation in the political process.

Criticism of video games used to come primarily from those who saw them as a shameful, wasteful pursuit that, at its worst, encouraged acts of violence among vulnerable young people.

Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, spoke out against violence but encouraged Americans to continue to find ways to counter the legislation.