Sentence examples for harrowing combat from inspiring English sources
Joseph Yandle, who was convicted of killing a Boston liquor store owner, had his life sentence commuted in 1995 after convincing the governor, the state pardon board and national media that he had harrowing combat experiences as a decorated marine in Vietnam.
As controversy surrounding Bill O'Reilly and his previous claims of harrowing "combat" journalism escalates, and as more than half-a-dozen former CBS News colleagues raise doubts about his storytelling, this would be the moment when most news organizations would step in and announce that an internal review was underway to ascertain the truth.
As an added bonus to this, after harrowing combat, bravery tends to increase.
Between them, Senator John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have five Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in Vietnam, shared a harrowing combat experience in the Mekong Delta and responded in different ways to the conflict that tore their generation apart.
Finkel's harrowing chronicle of modern combat is based on the eight months he spent with an Army battalion in Iraq.
Bookstores have been flooded with first-person accounts that have emerged from the wars, especially by members of the Navy SEALs, that offer insider looks at combat and harrowing real-life drama.
Julie Bosman, a media reporter for The New York Times, writes: "Bookstores have been flooded with first-person accounts that have emerged from the wars, especially by members of the Navy SEALs, that offer insider looks at combat and harrowing real-life drama".
In chronicling the friendship of two young soldiers struggling to stay alive on the battlefield there he has written a deeply affecting book that conveys the horrors of combat with harrowing poetry.
His combat experiences were harrowing.
Or a completely insane one like Air Combat, detailed in harrowing detail on Forbes.com.
Those caveats duly noted, two programs this week about the war in Afghanistan, both turning up where you wouldn't expect to find them, are harrowing reminders that whatever you think of that war, the jeopardy of combat is frighteningly real.
