Sentence examples for violent spell from inspiring English sources

The indefinite cease-fire ends, at least for now, the most violent spell in an almost seven-year rebellion that has killed more than 7,200 people -- 5,500 in 14 months since the last truce broke down.

Violent acts go unpunished.

It's the late 1950s and 53-year-old Troy appears to have got his life on track after a shaky start, including a childhood in which he fought with his violent father and a spell in the penitentiary for theft.

It's inspired by the autobiography of one Linda Boreman, who when she was young, permed and under the spell of a violent pimp earned her place in hard-core history by suppressing her gag reflex in the 1972 film "Deep Throat".

If Mr. Kotis's potboiler does nothing else — and it certainly doesn't do much other than try the patience for two hours — it at least takes back the stage, for a spell, for the violent antics of American-born-and-bred louts and buffoons.

Previously: The homophobic restaurant owner who can't spell vs. The violent dad who hates farts.

I prefer the term "global weirding," coined by Hunter Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, because the rise in average global temperature is going to lead to all sorts of crazy things — from hotter heat spells and droughts in some places, to colder cold spells and more violent storms, more intense flooding, forest fires and species loss in other places.

Protests frequently turn violent.

Things easily turn violent.

This is often accompanied by violent seizures, convulsions and staring spells, where the child will appear non-responsive.

Like Malvo, Tsarnaev was young, had no history of violent conduct, and fell under the spell of a charismatic mentor.