Sentence examples for undercurrent of violent from inspiring English sources

Of course not everyone who voted for Brexit is xenophobic, but xenophobes voted leave; and to pretend that the campaign did not give licence to casual bigotry, with an undercurrent of violent menace, defies decency and evidence.

LONDON — The joyous royal wedding and an eruption of violent riots have been the two defining moments of this year in Britain — with an undercurrent of preparations for next year's Summer Olympics.

Recruitment (of violent extremists).

NVVO = No Victim Violent offence; VVO = Victim of Violent Offence.

NVVO = No Victim Violent offence; VVO Victim of Violent Offence; DAST = Drug Abuse Screening Test.

Steer clear of violent behavior.

The homoerotic undercurrents and violent racism of patriarchal stereotypes are brought brashly to the surface in a deliriously funny froth of re-gendered performance.

"Le Merle Noir" is no idyllic or whimsical vision; in Messiaen's music, birds are violent and changeable, beautiful and free, but always with an undercurrent of threat, and Ms. Chase, alert to the music's quicksilver changes, kept the mood ominous.

Based on an actual family, the Pettingills, who battled the almost equally violent Melbourne police in the late 1980s, the movie is electrified by an undercurrent of gallows humor and a steady supply of shocks, not one of them gratuitous.

Dad was never physically violent towards Mum, but there were plenty of arguments and, looking back, I can see that a permanent undercurrent of tension persisted in our home life.

"There is this undercurrent of social critique.