Sentence examples for face with violence from inspiring English sources

THEN Dr. Carhart, for whom the debate on abortion was little more than an abstraction, came face to face with violence.

Instead we follow its protagonist Etienne Lantier on a journey through the working community that brings him face to face with violence and despair, without ever destroying his belief in a better world.

The statement approached the issue obliquely, saying only that "faced with violence and repression, dialogue and agreement must characterize the new age".

Gun zealots promote the fantasy that when faced with violence, any one of us — students, holiday shoppers and moviegoers — could click into commando mode and stop a maniac in a bulletproof vest, if only we were armed.

Faced with violence and the trampling of crops, the international NGO Practical Action came up with a sub-grassroots scheme to clarify the routes along which the cattle and camels are allowed to roam.

Another survivor said: "Working on a boat faced with violence and abuse, in the middle of the ocean where you couldn't even see the shore … it seemed like there was no future at all".

Downing said the three events on Tuesday were unplanned and that police had acted proportionately but had been faced with violence: "A lovely day in the capital turned violent in Hyde Park, Burgess Park and Stamford Hill last night after spontaneous events turned nasty and people attacked each other and the police.

Amnesty says it recognises the security forces are sometimes faced with violence, but is is urging them to respect international human rights law.

Once people see that Google will waver in its devotion to free expression when faced with violence, people will begin to use violence, or even the threat of violence, to pressure Google into censoring content they find objectionable.

The shooting in Santa Barbara affected one of us directly and we were faced with violence bringing grief to our theatre.

Parents are directly or indirectly faced with  violence in their children's schools - directly if their child is a victim or a perpetrator of violence;  indirectly if their child is witnessing violence against his or her peers.