Sentence examples for violent presence from inspiring English sources

However, the violent presence of Varginha's traffickers remains strong.

The torture of Abner Louima in a Brooklyn station house also prompted charges that the police had become an arrogant and sometimes violent presence.

The tattoos signaled the victim's membership in Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a large street gang with ties to El Salvador that has long been a violent presence in the Hispanic neighborhoods of Washington, New York and Los Angeles.

In an interview on the Today show, she described how the brother of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan transformed from a "very sweet" man to a violent presence over the course of their relationship.

If in Episode 5, airing Monday night, Johnson is allowed to return to the house after establishing himself as a volatile, potentially violent presence, what does that say about the producers that allowed it to happen?

"We're all heartbroken by the violence inflicted upon the demonstrators, but also tremendously proud of their non-violent presence in the streets demanding justice".

Behind the modern gothic trappings, this tale of an imprisoned woman resourcefully protecting her child from a violent male presence has a universal edge.

IT'S the violent, unpredictable presence of Peach that transforms "The Gypsy Man" from an interesting book into a riveting one -- the old maxim, "When in doubt, have someone enter the room carrying a loaded gun," works just as well with an ax handle, a butcher knife or even a tattoo needle if the person in question is sufficiently deranged.

But here, in Coinjack, the storm had dramatically moved from being a radar image to becoming a violent, roaring presence in the life of Mr. Davis, 40, a burly man in waders and a baseball cap, waiting for the rising waters to flood his dock shop and even his home.

With the collapse of Britain's most successful fascist project, these young Nazis have abandoned BNP-style electoral politics and are looking to build a violent street presence, drawing on inspiration from European fascists like Golden Dawn.

Blackwood's fervent, wayward, violent and gifted presence is essential to this enterprise.