Sentence examples for ruthless fighter from inspiring English sources

In Musa Qala, the police chief — who is known locally only as Koka — has a reputation as a ruthless fighter against the Taliban.

Gen. Laurent Nkunda, the leader of the Tutsi-dominated rebel group known as the C.N.D.P., is fighting off an attempt to topple him by Jean Bosco Ntaganda, his chief of staff, a ruthless fighter known as the Terminator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes, according to accounts from both camps.

The rich and notorious arms and drug trafficker, as well as a skilled and ruthless fighter, Rugal Bernstein has become bored with the lack of competition, so he decides to host a new King of Fighters tournament.

By all accounts, the Taliban are resourceful, ruthless fighters who have had years to entrench themselves and are prepared to kill civilians to protect assets and achieve strategic goals.

Even with ruthless fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) overrunning large parts of northern Iraq, the President has clearly demonstrated in recent weeks that he is deeply reluctant to use U.S. firepower in an effort to halt their advance.

Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas and the rest have somewhat less ambitious goals of conquest, but each uses shocking, deadly acts to build their brand as ruthless fighters to whom resistance is allegedly futile.

Quite the contrary; young men ignorant of the religion could be shaped into ruthless fighters, and lured with practices that included giving them sex slaves and telling them that raping the slaves was justified under Islam.

In what host Simon Amstell described in his opening monologue as "another great year for white men", the best actor award was won by Idris Elba for his role as a ruthless rebel fighter who presides over a troop of child soldiers in Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation.

The government recently facilitated reports on the presence of ruthless Islamist fighters in Maaloula, a town of Christians, whom the regime depicts as under threat from the rebels.

His wit, bluster and bravado make him endlessly quotable, bolstering his reputation as a ruthless political street fighter.

FISHERS, Ind .— The drama unfolding here on the outskirts of Indianapolis involves a dashing, Kentucky-born guerrilla fighter, ruthless in plunder and genteel in manners.