Sentence examples for undercurrent of violence from inspiring English sources

There was an undercurrent of violence, a policy of harshness.

I felt an undercurrent of violence like the cold touch of deep water in a lake.

The best are somewhat lewd, with a sexual kink or two and and an undercurrent of violence.

Nevertheless, there is plenty of intrigue and, as the story unfolds, a nicely simmering undercurrent of violence.

It's theatre, with an undercurrent of violence aimed at the property of big companies and police dressed in riot gear.

The feel of the choreography is modern, with Lubovitch's characteristic lush, surging movement; the mood is darkly romantic, with an undercurrent of violence.

Soon they embark on a dark and dangerous amour fou, with undercurrents of violence testing the boundaries of sex.

In a scene rumbling with undercurrents of violence and sex, Trixie tussles with Red and is ordered off the boat.

There are the undercurrents of violence and chaos, but you don't have to be wallowing in it".

Despite the undercurrents of violence and sex, this is really a story about character: how childhood innocence is lost, cynicism gained, morality discovered and then, perhaps, lost again.

Critics who dwell on the exacting, detailed artifice of his fictional worlds often overlook the deeply sinister undercurrents of violence and suicide that they contain.