Sentence examples for responded brutally from inspiring English sources

The government had responded brutally).

The government, seeing political plots behind what appears to have been a spontaneous uprising, responded brutally.

Soviet rulers responded brutally, imprisoning (usually for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda") or exiling virtually the whole group.

The Somali-speaking areas of Kenya have always been an uneasy fit, and Kenya has often responded brutally.

For years, the Kurds in Turkey have been battling the central government for more rights; the Turkish government has often responded brutally, arbitrarily, and disproportionately.

Soldiers have often responded brutally to attacks in northeastern Nigeria and have been accused of killing civilians and burning homes in the past.

"By responding brutally to a brutal event, you exacerbate the sense of danger," said the architect Daniel Libeskind, whose challenges at the World Trade Center site will include the design of what will certainly be extraordinary security measures.

Nevertheless, the anarcho-syndicalists acquired great prestige among the workers of France and later of Spain and Italy because of their generally tough-minded attitude at a time when working conditions were bad and employers tended to respond brutally to union activity.

When Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister, sent paramilitaries to regain control of Karachi in mid-1995, they responded more brutally still.

Marcos' security agents responded by brutally interrogating the 18-year-old student — kicking him in the solar plexus and kidneys, until he passed out — and detaining him for seven months. .

Russia responded swiftly and brutally, pushing back the Georgians from South Ossetia and briefly occupying whole swathes of territory inside Georgia proper.