Sentence examples for swift and brutal from inspiring English sources

The judgment has been swift and brutal.

The downturn has been swift and brutal.

Then came the backlash, swift and brutal.

Wall Street's judgment was swift and brutal.

The attack was swift and brutal.

The backlash was swift and brutal.

Response to the campaign was swift and brutal.

The market's judgment has been swift and brutal.

Reaction to the bill was swift and brutal.

As in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, the response of the Chinese government was swift and brutal.

A similar interpretation was voiced by Douglas Wolk of Wired, who challenged the notion of the sample being simply a "trivialization", instead describing it as "a swift, understated and brutal reminder that everything can go horribly wrong before anyone understands what's happening, and that the light could be extinguished at any moment".