Sentence examples for violence ahead from inspiring English sources

There has been a surge of violence ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for Sept. 18.

As my colleague, Joanna Berendt, reported a day earlier, violence ahead of Tuesday's match seemed to be preordained.

At least 100,000 Burundians have fled to neighbouring countries fearing political violence ahead of the elections.

In 1999 broadcaster Lester Venter published a book, When Mandela Goes, which predicted widespread chaos and violence ahead.

Turkey has denied that it is unlawfully blocking its borders to Syrians fleeing the violence ahead of a visit by the UN's refugee agency aimed easing reported restrictions.

Robert G. Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, lost his honorary knighthood in 2008 because of violence ahead of a presidential runoff.

With Villa's captain, Dennis Mortimer, out injured, Barton entrusted the leadership of the team to McNaught – the perfect choice, and not just because the Scottish centre-back's towering frame and blonde helmet hairdo made him look like the fearsome elder brother of A Clockwork Orange-era Malcolm McDowell, fitting for the night of ultra-violence ahead.

The tactic was conspicuously evident this week in attacks and reprisals that widened the already considerable divide and all but guaranteed that more violence lay ahead.

Page A8 BAHRAIN POLICE BATTLE RIOT Riot police officers in Bahrain battled youths who threw gasoline bombs as violence escalated ahead of the Feb. 14 anniversary of an uprising.

The prime minister had predicted earlier in the day that the protests would be over in 24 hours, and there was a feeling among the crowd that another night of violence lay ahead.

A group of protesters reportedly screamed "let the people of Israel enter the gates and kill Arabs" during a heated demonstration on Saturday night in Jerusalem after violence erupted ahead of a Jewish holiday.