Sentence examples for petty violence from inspiring English sources

'There are incidents of petty violence around here all the time.

We preserve the so-called "peace" of our community by deeds of petty violence every day.

That is the case for the petty violence and the sexism you describe: both violate fundamental precepts that apply in all times and all places.

Relatively high youth unemployment, as well as a lack of entertainment or recreational amenities (especially in some post-World War II suburbs), has made the city particularly its dilapidated public housing schemes on its outskirts notorious for drug abuse, petty violence, and more serious crime.

(CSM) Burn it: Guns Before Butter; Anthrax 56 All Mod Cons, The Jam Polydor, 1978; chart position: 6 Punk, but with proper sentiment A great cure for homesickness: 13 songs stuffed with class hatred, petty violence, suburban frustration and a very English kind of romance.

Ask the people here what brought them to live, as the cliché would have it, "in the shadow" of a nuclear plant, and most of the replies touch on the same themes: not just the low cost, but a very familiar view of most modern lives being beset with danger, annoyance and worry – noisy neighbours, traffic, petty violence, anxiety about what might happen to children.

The Schneiders also liked that Costa Rica is politically stable, and while petty crime is a problem, there is little violence.

The children at such places confront a number of dangers: vermin, feces-contaminated water, bullying, petty crime, violence, sexual abuse, and diseases ranging from scabies to tuberculosis.

In the early 20th century, the author Thomas Burke also wrote popular stories set in the area, which he depicted as a place of sordid backstreets, petty crime, violence and despair.

In one sense, the coliseos help de-escalate violence: petty disputes that might otherwise be settled with a gun — and a corpse — are settled with knives instead.

Disaffected youth is its focus: bored and alienated, teens can drift into petty crime and violence out of a desire to feel something, anything... but give that energy a positive outlet and wonderful results may blossom.