Sentence examples for set of violent from inspiring English sources

Sifton is susceptible to it, and the long view can be a drag on the daily motivation of a human-rights worker trying to document abuses: "yet another set of violent episodes on the Asian steppe, villages being attacked in the same manner as they might have been two or three thousand years before".

They point to the fact that this horrifying period also saw a huge attack by another set of violent, murderous Islamists, the Boko Haram movement in Nigeria.

"I don't believe for a second that [law enforcement believes]: 'This specific group of aboriginal people are very likely to commit this set of violent actions,'" Hundert said.

Sir Michael took the unusual step of publicly rebuking the then shadow home secretary in 2010 for "damaging trust in official statistics" by drawing comparisons between different sets of violent crime figures.

In Oaxaca, the site of violent strife set off by teachers' protests in 2006, members of the teachers' union blocked streets and entrances to shopping malls this month, bringing parts of the state capital to a virtual halt.

Later in the day, the activists gathered in a different area of Taksim Square, and as most were sitting on the ground they were attacked with water cannons and tear gas, and the police crackdown — more than just the issue of the park's potential destruction — is what set off days of violent street protests in Istanbul and around that country that continue.

The government's plan to destroy Gezi Park, a section of Taksim Square, and build a replica Ottoman Army barracks and mall set off weeks of violent street protests, presenting Mr. Erdogan with the greatest political crisis he has faced in more than a decade in power.

The attack set off a wave of violent protest, and angry demonstrators clashed with riot police officers across the city.

The attack set off a wave of violent protest, and angry Shiite demonstrators clashed with police officers in several parts of the city.

If it had been a string of violent set pieces and nothing else, that would be reason enough to love Preacher.

One such title was Tokyo Tribe, Sian Sono's relentless rap-battle martial arts epic set in fantasy land of violent, warring crews.