VIOLENT in a Sentence
Learn VIOLENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
265 example sentences for VIOLENT, such as:
1. She started to get a bit violent.
2. His behavior fits a pattern of violent acts.
3. The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
4. The love that is too violent will not last long.
5. The announcement led to violent civil disorders.
2. His behavior fits a pattern of violent acts.
3. The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
4. The love that is too violent will not last long.
5. The announcement led to violent civil disorders.
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Meanings and Examples of VIOLENT
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violent
a. acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
a. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The same day the earth sustained a most violent concussion.
2 The almost violent serenity of the funereal moment had disappeared; the phantom of social justice tormented him.
3 Monseigneur Bienvenu had formerly been, if the stories anent his youth, and even in regard to his manhood, were to be believed, a passionate, and, possibly, a violent man.
4 At that moment there came a tolerably violent knock on the door.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
5 He had his knapsack on his shoulders, his cudgel in his hand, a rough, audacious, weary, and violent expression in his eyes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
6 One Sunday evening, Maubert Isabeau, the baker on the Church Square at Faverolles, was preparing to go to bed, when he heard a violent blow on the grated front of his shop.
7 In order to attempt to form an idea of it, it is necessary to think of the most violent of things in the presence of the most gentle.
8 A singular and violent group made its appearance on the threshold.
9 His brain was going through one of those violent and yet perfectly calm moments in which revery is so profound that it absorbs reality.
10 Cosette could not make a motion which did not draw down upon her head a heavy shower of violent blows and unmerited chastisement.
11 He experienced at that moment, blow upon blow and almost simultaneously, the most violent emotions which he had ever undergone in all his life.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
12 Like violent people in general, he was subject to abrupt changes of opinion.
13 The wheel of the tilbury received quite a violent shock.
14 The violent conflict which had been going on within him since the preceding evening was not yet ended; and every moment he encountered some new phase of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
15 He was violent and florid, as district-attorneys usually are.
Example Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
1 The government must take action now to stop the rise in violent crime.
2 The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
3 Some violent men beat up their sons, until the boys are strong enough to hit back.
4 The love that is too violent will not last long.
5 He became violent and abusive toward Ben's mother.
6 Children should not be allowed to watch violent movies.
7 The recoil was so violent it almost tore the weapon from his grasp.
8 Alcohol can produce violent, disruptive behavior.
9 His behavior fits a pattern of violent acts.
10 She started to get a bit violent.
11 The announcement led to violent civil disorders.
12 Polish referee Ryszard Wojoik reported two Leeds United players for violent conduct.
13 A regional conflict would erupt into violent warfare.
14 UN troops intervened to avert a threat of violent conflict.
15 Police have to be realistic about violent crime.