Sentence examples for were unleashed upon from inspiring English sources

Military jets and helicopter gunships were unleashed upon people who had no means to defend themselves against assault from the air.

As the showers of metal pellets were unleashed upon protesters, bystanders and homebound schoolchildren, hospitals in Kashmir began to resemble scenes from the great wars of the 20th century.

Oliver Stone could bring to life his long-cherished musical adaptation of The Bay Of Pigs and Wes Craven could make The Hills Are Alive (With The Sound of Snapping Bones!) And I leave it to the imagination of readers to picture what disgusting festival of singing rectums and ululating penises David Cronenberg might come up with if ever he were unleashed upon the fair and fragrant musical form.

Then B-40 rockets and 57 mm recoilless rifle fire were unleashed upon them.

She has faced off with the demons that were unleashed upon and then possessed him; the demons in him that then deflowered the innocent entrusted to his care.

In the less successful Nightwatchmen (1973), both a secret killer and a hurricane are unleashed upon a small college town.

And once she is unleashed upon a part, there is bound to be, one feels, a short, sharp tussle.

Gone are the days of a crowd of frenzied shoppers being unleashed upon the entire store and ransacking the shelves.

My Life by Bill Clinton 957pp, Hutchinson, £25 Bill Clinton had barely been unleashed upon America, when the mythology started to grow.

The same looks set to happen again, as a herd of giant, clumsily named corporate mammoths is unleashed upon the world.

It is now 30 years since Ridley Scott's breakthrough picture was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public, although the exact birthday remains a mystery.