Sentence examples for widespread killing of from inspiring English sources

Stories about the Devil taking her body, unnatural storms, and loitering black cats quickly arose after her death, and local men killed every feline they could find; this widespread killing of cats might have caused the infestation of rats and mice recorded in Princess Anne County in 1743.

Assad has overseen the most directed, widespread killing of civilians by state forces since the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's militias rampaged through Darfur a decade ago.

And don't forget that Franzen shares with Walter, the main character in "Freedom," an abiding love for songbirds in their habitats: in his July 26th article "Emptying the Skies," Franzen reported on the widespread killing of songbirds in Europe.

This caricature may have some basis in Netanyahu's fear that a rehabilitated Islamic Republic could dislodge Israel from western affections – a process already well advanced by the widespread killing of Palestinian civilians during the recent violence in Gaza.

In the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, a recent study pinned the decline of moose on the widespread killing of forest by an epidemic of pine bark beetles, which seem to thrive in warmer weather.

They fear such widespread killing of wildlife could result in a "PR disaster" for an already beleaguered industry, particularly following the fallout from the recent horsemeat scandal, and with memories of the foot and mouth debacle with its images of burning carcasses still lingering in the public's mind.

But three months later, Tutsi paratroopers assassinated him, setting off widespread killings of Tutsi.

Tutsi paratroopers assassinated the first Hutu president, setting off widespread killings of Tutsi.

Even with the fall of the Taliban, widespread killings of Shiites and bombings of Shiite mosques and community centers in both Afghanistan and Pakistan have continued.

An altercation between presidential guards loyal to the two men quickly spilled into widespread killings of members of the Nuer tribe, prompting Machar and his supporters to flee the capital and mobilise their own forces.

The main American newspapers latched on to three core elements of the WikiLeaks Iraq documents: the abuse of detainees in Iraqi custody, Iran's involvement in the war and the role of private US contractors in the widespread killings of civilians.