Sentence examples for perpetrate upon from inspiring English sources

I know that, given time, I could probably imaginatively recreate many of the variations of horrific cruelty that people perpetrate upon each other.

This is a huge fraud we perpetrate upon the American people.

Regular customers can't believe the misfortune their civic leaders are about to perpetrate upon their neighborhood clubhouse, lovingly owned and operated for 28 years by Sing Yam.

Yes, there are crappy things being done by humans against other humans [insert litany of crappy things we human perpetrate upon one another] and it can get a tad bit overwhelming and cause even the most open of hearts to calcify with cynicism.

The company has also previously denounced "threats and attacks" perpetrated upon its employees.

The movie's structure and style was itself an act of violence perpetrated upon the audience for its pleasure.

The Holocaust, she insisted, was "a crime against humanity, perpetrated upon the body of the Jewish people".

A key element in virtually every mimetic situation is deception by the mimic, perpetrated upon a third party, which mistakes the mimic for the model.

That such an atrocity could be perpetrated upon innocent revellers, many of whom were celebrating New Year's Eve, underscores the savagery of the attackers".

On any given day, I would write about crimes and injustices perpetrated upon women, children, disabled people, the homeless and refugees.

Aharon Appelfeld's description of mass murder and the psyches of those who survived the unspeakable horrors perpetrated upon them makes one wonder if we really have learned from the Holocaust.