Sentence examples for ruthless act from inspiring English sources

Even as he justified one ruthless act of terrorism after another, his rhetoric now had to become softer, more statesmanlike.

Whether or not discipline required it, this was a ruthless act of tyranny, possibly inspired by an acute sense of insecurity.

Ellliott, a former UUP leader, said: "I unreservedly condemn the attack on Lisnaskea police station and am thankful that PSNI officers and civilians weren't injured or killed in this ruthless act of terrorism.

With her usual insight, she gets to the core of the matter – we want Farquharson to be innocent and the deaths of the children a result of a blackout at the wheel, not a premeditated, ruthless act.

By the grimmest 20th-century standards that may not sound so much, but at the time it was a shockingly ruthless act and one that heralded the way warfare would develop in the 20th century.

"This ruthless act of terror to target innocent people who had gathered for a religious ceremony yet again demonstrates the vile and vicious nature of the enemy who do not want to see the Muslim people of Afghanistan to perform even their Islamic rituals," President Karzai said in a statement.

"These ruthless acts of violence are deplorable.

Even though they appear to be well funded from abroad and capable of ruthless acts of violence against Libyans and foreigners, these groups have so far failed to gain widespread support.

Ms Jagger learned that aid from the U.S. and elsewhere was being misappropriated by the Somoza regime: these ruthless acts of pillage eventually fuelled the Sandinista Revolution and motivated her to fight repression, corruption and injustice.

Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone.

The Kolong River which once used to be a prize possession for the people of the state in general and for the people of Nagaon in particular, is presently gasping on its death-bed because of the ruthless and untenable act perpetrated on it in the name of engineering solution to the increasing flood hazard attributed to it in the aftermath of the great Assam earthquake of 1950.