Sentence examples for ruthless power from inspiring English sources

To consolidate his ruthless power, Duvalier formed the Volunteers for National Security (VSN), more commonly known as the Tonton Macoutes.

Though set 400 years apart, both novels address the critical moment when a tyrant weakens and a ruthless power struggle develops to fill the vacuum.

They live in constant fear, helplessly facing a ruthless power that does everything to displace them from the home they have inhabited for centuries".

At a time when America has become a symbol of often ruthless power, Sister Dorothy Stang chose to ally herself with the powerless and pay the price.

Then again, if superstars don't mind a bit of hair dye, one could easily imagine Meryl Streep reprising her The Devil Wears Prada office vixen, or Glenn Close her ruthless power bitch turn from Damages.

The erosion of Majuli has become the most drastic example of the river's ruthless power, and local officials, trying to protect the monasteries and the island's growing population, have responded by building embankments and other protective measures.

They have included pious men, ruthless power-brokers, great administrators and courageous martyrs.

Is he a useless dweeb or a ruthless, power-hungry cad?

And Morten actually the more ruthless, power-hungry of the pair.

In the vein of Lady Macbeth or Elena Ceausescu, she plays the role of ruthless, power-hungry woman behind the evil man.

Rand's fictional champions would be stomped all over by ruthless power-seekers and empire-builders in a truly laissez-faire economy.