Sentence examples for maintained by violence from inspiring English sources

The settlements are built and maintained by violence.

In the play, the main characters the young prince Bajazet, his beloved Atalide, and the jealous sultana Roxane are the mortal victims of the despotic cruelty of the absent sultan Amurat, whose reign is maintained by violence and dissimulation.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

The introduction to Cooper's thesis outlines the origins of the institution of "Negro slave trade," which was "founded on the abuse of power…and maintained by violence" (SFHR, 31).

Through June 1, there have been 5,099 gun deaths in the U.S., according to up-to-date numbers maintained by the Gun Violence Archive.

In the emerging security state, privileges are maintained by restricting movement through violence.

An abundance of such commentary -- logically limited but deeply embedded in our psychology -- can be found on the "Insurrectionism Timeline" maintained by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence in the wake of the 2008 Supreme Court decision (to which I was alerted by Brad Friedman).

Mr. Nehru told a press conference that peace could not be maintained by cowardice, and that Gandhi's concept of non-violence implied the disbanding of armies and virtual elimination of police.

A wave of social media and tech companies began suspending accounts maintained by Alex Jones and Infowars in August for violating their policies on hate speech and violence.

It is maintained by caucus staff.

Maintained by us, for us.