Sentence examples for from a violent past from inspiring English sources
As a result, deliverance from a violent past seems elusive.
While it was the largest crackdown of force since the president, Thein Sein, came to power in 2011, it underlined the very tangible faultlines of a country still transitioning from a violent past towards democracy.
The arrest represents a huge boost to Serbia's attempts to move on from a violent past and to try to catch up with other parts of the Balkans in the race towards integration in the European Union and possibly Nato.
The candidate has long defined his personal narrative as one of redemption from a violent past, and has used his faith as a twice-baptized Seventh Day Adventist to connect with religious supporters.
In Jordan, Syrian refugee children learn how to recover from a violent past MAFRAQ, Jordan, 7 November 2012 - When Syrian refugee children show UNICEF child protection worker Jane MacPhail pictures they have drawn of revenge and violence, she knows what to say.
If he's doing anything, Resnais is pacifying his viewers in order to protect them from the fate of Georges, who has a violent past to live down.
Known collectively as the Crater Lakes, their 65m deep, tranquil ultramarine waters belie a violent past: both were formed anywhere from 17,000 to 10,000 years ago by a massive volcanic eruption.
Mr. Tulja, a cabdriver with a violent past, became a suspect after detectives found phone messages from his estranged wife on Ms. Beal's answering machine and bloodstains in his Bronx apartment.
A violent past walking through.
