| 单词 | violent |
| 例句 | It wasn’t that their parents’ fights got violent or anything like that; words could shatter harder than a glass breaking against a wall, hurt more than a fist plowing through teeth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Malcolm has never even been in a fight before, even though many paint him to be a violent young man because he’s six feet tall, black, and close to two hundred pounds. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Teresa yelled, a violent echo in his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was fanatical, violent, and antiquated, but he represented better than anybody else the values of family, tradition, private property, law and order. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine being a child and being whisked away from your home by violent strangers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At this moment he was dragged out of his reverie with a violent jerk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She roamed from town to town with a traveling dentist until he turned violent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But then it was a violent downpour, Kingshaw felt it coming through the bush. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “They may have thought alike,” replied Miss Volker, “but they sure didn’t act alike. Mrs. Roosevelt did not approve of violent revolution.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dressing rather shakily, Kit was compelled to ask Mercy’s assistance with the buttons down her back, and was shocked when her older cousin suddenly bent double in a violent fit of coughing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The city needed to shed its violent image, and fast. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Even after all their efforts to find it, he felt a violent urge to fling the locket from him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A stomach ache was treated with a purge so violent that it was a wonder anyone survived it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was violent, loud, and her wrenching caused Sam to do the same, and it was in their hair, all over the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It seems that lately there’s been more violent crimes committed by kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a violent convulsion of nausea inside him, and he almost lost consciousness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The elimination of judicial discretion through mandatory sentencing laws has forced judges to impose sentences for drug crimes that are often longer than those imposed for violent crimes in many countries around the world. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Other scholars maintain that the world of the ancient foragers was exceptionally cruel and violent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That something happened when personal turmoil dropped by at the wayside shrine of the vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being violent gangsters, South African minibus drivers are notorious for complaining and haranguing passengers as they drive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All died sudden or violent deaths brought on by their own recklessness or their own bad way of living. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For months the small city of Selma, Alabama, had been the scene of mass meetings, protest marches, arrests, and violent confrontations between black voting rights demonstrators and white law enforcement officers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the Second was in motion, all curves and violent grace, striking him in the chest so hard he stumbled back into the chair she’d somehow slid out from under the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Denna nodded a little, then pulled herself upright again and fought off another violent shiver. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A violent wind carried him out to sea and kept him there a long time. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the violent gale, which didn’t stop blowing until 7:30 p.m., prevented them from mobilizing as early as they’d hoped. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in days, the voices of Ares and Mars had started to argue again in the back of Frank’s mind, debating their favorite forms of violent death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Notable for its equally prodigious strength and stupidity, the troll is often violent and unpredictable. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The film depicted the Hell’s Angels as reckless, violent, and antisocial, and the police as decent, upstanding, and trustworthy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain poured down on the meadows that were never supposed to have violent weather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “So welcome to the sweet torture of reading An Imperial—” I stopped when I heard violent sobbing on the other end of the line. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I did not want to be violent with her, and yet I did not want to be beaten for a wrong I had not committed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe Varney saw clearly that the body before him proclaimed an easy confidence and that Bull still retained the violent frame of his youth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t there a violent cartoon you can go watch or something?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z During the 1990s violent crime declined across the United States for a number of fairly straightforward reasons. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet’s mood shifted, like a violent storm whose fury is spent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jason told him, his sense of injury and impotence feeding upon its own sound, so that after a time he forgot his haste in the violent cumulation of his self justification and his outrage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem with this abbreviated analysis is that violent crime is not responsible for mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For the first time I got out the bug bomb and sprayed heavily, and Charley broke into a sneezing attack so violent and prolonged that I had finally to carry him out in my arms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the cause of a quasar explosion, one thing seems clear: such a violent event must produce untold havoc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at herself in the mirror, reached for her mother’s eyeliner, and made violent swipes on her cheeks. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Another brief was filed on behalf of former child soldiers whose terrifying behavior after being forced into violent African militias made the crimes of our clients seem much less aggravated by comparison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But all those tiny hopes and dreams had died a violent death upon arrival. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t only events in the United States that caught Oppenheimer’s attention—he was also alarmed by the violent rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally remembered her first ride out to Dr. Cable’s office, the violent agility of the hovercar with its cruel pretty driver. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The bulky creature with the underbite tried to beat Seth to the bed, arriving too late and receiving a violent shock as it collided with the invisible salt barrier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “He has a violent temper. My mother had a propensity to spoil him. My father was the only one who didn’t spoil him.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There was a violent thud, and the ball shot back toward the lanky striker who had kicked it, sailing over his head and bouncing into the empty space at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The pastels are there on either side of you in an instant, certain that you’ve just had a violent outburst, and want to prevent another one. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Hurricane Edna, a violent storm to the very end of its northward path, brought torrential rains to the New England and Canadian coasts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Young people were rebelling against a society they thought was violent, corrupt, and immoral. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With that he summoned all the violent winds and let them loose, blinding sea and land with storm-clouds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the worst he’s ever seen him, worse than a violent fit or the verge of tears. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Hey, you mind if we play something a little less...violent?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z With six children to protect, she had no time to panic over the loss of their home or the violent destruction of everything around them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My stomach lasted only until early November before violent pains hit me almost every evening. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In violent details we hear of the soldiers’ mighty strength and supernatural powers to kill the Youns. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A snake kept in a laboratory cage had gone into violent tremors after being fed such worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I had read Main Street when I was in high school, and I remember the violent hatred it aroused in the countryside of his nativity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Once I’m dressed and the urge to cry is gone, I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Like the majority of American law-enforcement officials, Dewey is certain that capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and he felt that if ever the penalty had been earned, the present instance was it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry swings a violent U-turn that takes down a little crepe myrtle tree on the island between lanes, and we’re beached there, spinning our wheels, kicking up leaves and pink flowers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When his father disappeared, his mother did not show any surprise or any violent grief, but a sudden change came over her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Curzon was seized by a fit of coughing so violent I feared his ribs would crack. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z White tried to contain the violent passions inside him as Hale greeted him and Agent Smith with the same politeness that he had demonstrated while being arrested. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Bell, a vastly more virulent form of “genetic cleansing” would engulf that continent like a violent contagion, morphing the language of genes and inheritance into its most potent and macabre form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A violent thunderstorm on Sunday cleared the air for a few hours, but when the sun came out Monday, it baked the streets until the rainwater rose in ghostly plumes of steam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientific journals had already recorded some 50 species involved in violent dislocations of nature’s balance by 1958. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then it began to wriggle and twist and bounce about in the most violent fashion. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the abduction, injury, or death of a family member had to be revenged, every violent incident led to a spiral of brutal, tit-for-tat skirmishes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Our intention was to begin with what was least violent to individuals but most damaging to the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I scratch the black darker, and darker, and more violent, until there’s nothing but a haze of scribbles, and their fortress sits in a lake of shadow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It can tell when they are plotting something violent, and it knows this with incredible accuracy.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In a field report, an agent from the bureau observed, “It is a matter of common knowledge that Rose...was of a violent and jealous disposition.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had many violent outbursts of anger while I served time in Japan & Korea. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny how one violent event can make you see the world so differently. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave a hard violent jerk at the string on the chickens’ legs, and with a squawk and a wild fluttering of wings, the chickens ran back down the road. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I often tell people I was born in Birmingham, halfway in and halfway out of the South’s violent Civil Rights era. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In truth, Joe was never given a second, much less a third, chance to “upright himself,” but he was nonetheless characterized at age thirteen as a “serial” or “violent recidivist” by prosecutors. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Once again, federal troops were sent to the South to provide protection for blacks attempting to exercise their civil rights, and the violent reaction of white racists was met with horror in the North. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After one particularly violent incident, my seven-year-old dad took the bus to fetch his father at work so that he could hurry home and tend to my grandmother's bloody wounds. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But Hugo just kept twirling and twisting and heaving, a violent ballet that sent as many imps as pounced on him careening across the basement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When the morning dawned, foggy and squally, they were right up under the island’s towering black cliffs, and a violent squall tore down the side of a mountain, slamming into the boat. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “I believe not. And yet it is said the Rochesters have been rather a violent than a quiet race in their time: perhaps, though, that is the reason they rest tranquilly in their graves now.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When the news of the failed mission reached Hitler, he launched into a violent tirade. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z An air conditioner gave out a violent mechanical sound, as if it were about to give out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In that valley of shadow and cold deathly light it seemed unbearably violent and fierce. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When he came home a fight ensued, and my father, after a violent struggle, threw the sailors out & proceeded to beat my mother. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But Rosa had been a real, though cruel and violent, person. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I painted dozens of R.I.P.s for guys in El Barrio who felt small and needed something violent to jump-start their lives and at the same time end them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In the previous fifteen years, violent crime had risen 80 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They were ready to do me violent harm, until they felt we were part of the same tribe, and then we were cool. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Conservative politicians who embraced this rhetoric purposefully failed to distinguish between the direct action tactics of civil rights activists, violent rebellions in inner cities, and traditional crimes of an economic or violent nature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Action shots flash across the screen: cowboys on horseback, pistols gleaming at their hips; quiet villages of tepees; violent war scenes; a kiss between a cowboy and a Native girl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Spotting it on his daily rounds of the lab, Lawrence mutely obliterated it with the violent strokes of an eraser. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A violent odor of musk filled the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The words galvanized Bernard into violent and unseemly activity. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With one last violent effort, Ben was finally able to twist his neck in the circle of leather so that his whole body turned to face the Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “And they might be violent. And someone might get hurt. Unless you drop that ashtray now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Yes. Glorifying such a violent time in history...such a violent movement.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The lesson I took away from the campaign was that in the end, we had no alternative to armed and violent resistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, there are plenty of people who consider abortion itself to be a violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was a grown man, an angry, violent one at that. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The soldiers were no more than violent, cruel bullies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She clamped her mouth shut, shaking her head in violent protestation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Helen was seized in violent tremors, and her teeth chattered uncontrollably. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a violent punctuation to all those undistinguishable sentences, as if Shmuel wanted to shake his fist in the Nazi’s face but didn’t dare. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s death: a sudden violent, isolated illness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey,” he said, and cringed, “there’s no need to get violent.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He paused to let it sink in and I waited, feeling a numb, violent outrage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z However, as they had left their cars blocking the road a harsh discordant din from those in the rear had been audible for some time and added to the already violent confusion of the scene. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Ekon stared, transfixed, as a violent shudder passed through his brother’s muscled frame, and then he relaxed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I know this isn’t a surprise to you, but there’s a long, violent history of resistance against the police in this city,” said Wanda, and she squeezed his hand a little tighter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dad was arrested because he was fighting to get to Mom, and it got bundled with all the rest of the violent behavior of the mob. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There had been a shower of flying tools, a violent slamming of the door, and the service man was gone. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The old black, violent feeling came in him again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The scream built in her, as violent as the first one, years ago, that she’d held in for weeks, so certain it was bad. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Pa left home and went to live in a Buddhist temple to get away from his violent home, further his study, and eventually became a monk. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a small minority are rearrested for violent crimes; the vast majority are rearrested for property offenses, drug offenses, and offenses against the public order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Harry clutched at his excruciatingly painful face, which felt unrecognizable beneath his fingers, tight, swollen, and puffy as though he had suffered some violent allergic reaction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z All we know is that his fever worsened and was accompanied by violent seizures, and that a few days later he died. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Maybe if I had been older, or had had my mother longer, or understood Dolores’ frustration more deeply, my response would not have been so violent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother and I looked at each other, suddenly conscious that we, too, were trapped by a violent mob. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the violent winds calmed, and the rain stopped. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z To Deborah, this sounded like a violent assault on her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Although African Americans do not engage in drug crime at significantly higher rates than whites, black men do have much higher rates of violent crime, and violent crime is concentrated in ghetto communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z President Carter came into office in 1976, just a few months after the violent student protests in Soweto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If Tamika could have such a violent stomach-churning reaction, then maybe, just maybe, Fig had suffered the same cause and effect. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Another loud thud, a lurch, my mother screaming, “Tyler!” from the front seat, and a final violent jolt before everything stopped and silence set in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You have to explain it's not violent, it's colorful. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were publicly branded as violent revolutionaries by everyone from the minister of justice on down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the men reported severe dissociative trancelike states during which violent and bizarre behavior was seen, while the other two reported less severe, and perhaps less well-organized, amnesiac episodes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “However, what started as a peaceful rally quickly turned violent,” says Sullivan. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At the same time he was wondering what the new and violent outburst from the factory meant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later violent gusts started blowing down from the desert, and the wind and tidal rips conspired to carry him out to sea. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plutos know Rufus won’t survive the day, but they didn’t lose him to a violent act from someone who had it out for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His body continued to contort in violent spasms. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z By the end of 1993, the rate of property crime and violent crime, including homicides, had already fallen nearly 20 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She tried to kick him in the groin again, and he slung her away with a violent oath of his own. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lincoln's April 11 speech provoked more violent talk. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I grew up in a world of violence, but I myself was never violent at all. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The clock on the mantelpiece says it’s not even seven, and there’s a violent rain lashing against the big picture window, half-revealed by parted curtains. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Another whoosh and more violent cracking sounds followed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard a cracking sound as the sky crashed to earth with a violent impact that shook the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, the door to my room is flung open with violent energy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, when that someone fell upon me with violent discipline, I could undo with a gaze: I know you, I know you. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This weak link is made even weaker by glancing back to a recent decade, the 1960s, when the economy went on a wild growth spurt—as did violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z By the end of the violent, bloody film, one man was dead and the other two were emotionally destroyed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I turned over and curled up, and the pictures playing in my head now were better, not so violent or sucky. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After what feels like many hours, the boat gradually decreases the violent rocking and all is quiet again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After Uncle Al recovers from his violent but short-lived bereavement, he organizes a farewell befitting “our beloved Lucinda.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His entire body had a violent definition, a primal joy in aggression that caused men of equal size to afford him caution, and especially distance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was prepared to use whatever means to speed up the erasure of human prejudice and the end of chauvinistic and violent nationalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Free to be tender or violent, to whistle or weep. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The tension and anger—the violent emotions suggested by the playwright’s words—are played right on the knife’s edge. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z His appetite, on the other hand, was fierce, sometimes bordering on the violent. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite the fog and violent waves rocking their rubber boat, they somehow managed to row their way to the shore. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But she answers in a violent whisper, like I didn’t even send out an asking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I picked up my tankard and drank a hot and violent draft. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The most violent storm hung exactly north of the town, over the part of the lake which lies between the promontory of Belrive and the village of Copêt. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve seen this hole in the sky. If it is indeed fueling the violent energy that is coursing through these ‘iron monsters,’ we would do well to continue as we have been recently. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the social unrest turned violent; many houses went up in flames. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Murder convictions tend to receive a tremendous amount of media attention, which feeds the public’s sense that violent crime is rampant and forever on the rise. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But for weeks after, all we needed to send us into violent outbursts of laughter was a whispered “Preach it.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this is to suggest that we ought not be concerned about violent crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But if the Ku Klux Klan of the 1940s wasn’t uniformly violent, what was it? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z About three o’clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z This is not to say that crime—especially violent crime—does not pose a serious threat in ghetto communities today; it does. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The track, with its violent nature, includes attacks against law enforcement and is said to be a hit among young listeners.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He threw violent tantrums, hurling himself about and screaming until he almost choked. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But there is a world of difference between being inclined toward violence and actually committing a violent act. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Recently, things were getting more and more violent. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z His nights on the town, his cockfights, his gambling, his violent tantrums, and, above all, his bad habit of tumbling girls in the wheatfields were a thing of the past. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her master was cruel, violent, and greedy, but above all else, he was a businessman. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I saw that not all families are violent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There is no general answer to the question of which processes dominate, the outside ones or the inside ones; the rare but violent events, or the common and inconspicuous occurrences. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like imperial Rome, like the Christians and the lions, violent, visceral, exciting, crazy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the mammals ground squirrels were virtually annihilated; their bodies were found in attitudes characteristic of violent death by poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her mother was ready to move away when she found out that the boy next door was a violent criminal who would soon be returning home. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z A violent sneezing fit threw him back into his chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There are so many awful, violent people living there, I don’t know how you are surviving. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Her face was a reflection of many things; a sum of many transfiguring, even violent events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That I was involved in the cases of teens who'd committed violent crimes was itself ironic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, I do my best to act like a Mask on the verge of graduation—smug, brutish, violent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Nor is the absence of fractures and cuts on an ancient skeleton conclusive proof that the person to whom the skeleton belonged did not die a violent death. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks found her there and they dared to lay violent hands on her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On September 22, 1842, just a week after they moved into Down House, Emma wrote in her diary “very feverish, violent headaches” and on September 23, “Mary born.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fyfe once ran a project in Dade County, Florida, where there was an unusually high number of violent incidents between police officers and civilians. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And because the death penalty is rarely given for crimes other than homicide, its deterrent effect cannot account for a speck of decline in other violent crimes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It sounds more violent than it actually is. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The conflict in Europe was terrible and violent, she told her sailor, but she took exception to the name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was zigzagging through the air, and every now and then making violent swishing movements that almost unseated him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Ivanito imagines the vines and tendrils, taut and violent as a killing rope, snaking along the floor to his bed, wrapping him in place, tighter and tighter, choking off his breath while his sisters sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But when they experienced others’ violent deaths—both American and Vietnamese—their belief system shattered. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A hot, violent force tore through my body, shaking me like a wet rat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Most typically the men displayed a tendency not to experience anger or rage in association with violent aggressive action. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A violent gust rips my hands from the ropes, halting our descent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Some of the dialogue as written is so harsh as to be almost violent, so the editing makes a difference. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But I suspect that his end was violent. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to be surprised when people like this wind up in the middle of a violent incident. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a violent squealing when we approach and look at Mamá Jacinta, my stomach sinking. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Ranger groups were sometimes trained in especially violent irregular warfare by veterans of conflict in Europe. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He is also a dangerous young man, with a violent, quick temper. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I knew we were surrounded on all sides by violent winds, but the litde cay was calm and quiet I reached over for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I also have to behave myself, play well with others, refrain from throwing desks, as well as refrain from any “violent physical altercations.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Now she, who had been impatient once, and violent, who had cursed and shouted and contended like a man, moved into silence, contending only, and with the last measure of her strength, with God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She paused and then said, “Anyway, when Marcus was later accused of the crime, the prosecutors told that story, used it against him. They said he had a violent past.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, I hear. This sounds very violent, no good for me.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The grunts and panting of a man in violent labor or perhaps—I thought with a sickening shudder—one seized by ecstatic bloodlust. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She tucked a lock of hair blown loose by her violent sinus eruptions back into her headscarf. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The kids applauded like onlookers at a fireworks display, violent slashes of color reflected in their masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Anyway, I knew that I would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And he came to see the law as a struggle to subdue the violent passions not only in others but also in oneself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There would be a couple of knights who had suffocated themselves in their own helms during the course of a battle, a misfortune which frequently happened in those days of violent exercise and small vents. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra moved down the hall, appalled by the aftermath of the violent night. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z An officer was riding toward him; there was a violent blow. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked himself how his fear related to what happened in the jungle to an animal scared by a predator: “are not these effects of violent running away,” he scribbled. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our top story: A student rally turned violent earlier today at Midtown School of the Arts,” the newscaster says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Winston wriggled himself sideways, and with a violent lunge managed to drive his shoulder between them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Though the rate of violent crime in the country is down 20 percent since 1991, the number of people in prison or jail has risen by 50 percent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This complicity is perfectly understandable, for the threat posed by crime—particularly violent crime—is real, not imagined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That their marriage would be manipulative and violent, I had no doubt—although those words were not mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You’ve never been violent, but now your life depends on fighting your way free from this. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Watch it!” cried Miss Spider, as the room gave another violent lurch. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And New York City was slammed by a thunderstorm more violent than even the storm that took Papa. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z If it had been a reverberating gong, that sound could not have had more violent effect. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone hated her, that had to be remembered, and he was unpredictable and violent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The violent curves of his cheekbones, the coarse linen of his secondhand shirt, then skin over hard muscle and the hot pulse of his heart. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Managed other attitudes, such as sexual aggression and violent natures? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In addition to the violent students and the no-shows, there were the kids who did drugs and the ones who stole things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, politicians, law enforcement officials, and journalists routinely create the false impression that most people branded criminals have been convicted of violent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At school, Nicolas used his intelligence to pester others, and whenever he found himself faced with a violent situation he would call in his brother to defend him while he egged him on from behind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a blinding crimson flare from the corner of the workshop as the fog began to catch fire, sending up strangely angular tongues of violent red flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In case of attack by an inmate—or any violent situation we could not control—we were to pull the pin out of the top of our radio by tugging on the lanyard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally there came a night when the gale was so violent that the farm buildings rocked on their foundations and several tiles were blown off the roof of the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Whatever shall we do?” said Jo, looking ready for any measures, however violent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A violent shudder nearly knocks me from the ropes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Just don’t get violent on me. You seeing any purple rabbits running around or things like that?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark barely takes a breath as he watches a short but violent burst of chaos happen right before his eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And neither could I. I knew kids at school who seemed out of control and violent, but still I wondered how someone could be so pointlessly destructive. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She recalled the past as a series of violent acts, abandonments, and sorrows, and she was not certain things had been the way she remembered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to protect his wife from his family's violent tendencies, but he couldn't exactly disown his parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Many other sentences, especially for violent crime, were lengthened. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps there has been, at some point in history, some great power whose elevation was exempt from the violent exploitation of other human bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z KLA soldiers had put sometimes violent pressure on fellow Albanians to flee Kacanik for refugee camps in Macedonia, with the aim of provoking sympathy from the international community and—they hoped—a military response. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z With a movement at once violent and hesitant, she let her head fall forward on his breast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Some of the beatings were as violent as those he later received from guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “If you looked at all this with peasant eyes,” he said of the view in front of us, “the scene is violent and ugly.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Many of the prisoners, though, had been driven to a desperate act—often, something violent and despicable—and afterward they were penitent, seeking redemption. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Their illnesses may or may not have been exacerbated by social cruelty and alienation, they may or may not have been affected by access to violent imagery and/or lethal weaponry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a raw, violent, guzzling saturnalia that spilled obstreperously through the woods to the officers’ club and spread up into the hills toward the hospital and the antiaircraft-gun emplacements. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But he obviously thrives on danger, and despite my violent dreams I don’t really have it in me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His head jerked, his body coiled, lashed by violent spasms. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The chopper stopped in midair, then made a violent maneuver. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For it was time that filled his mind, time that was violent with the mysterious love of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He would have to gain as much ground as possible and accept that the mountain of his violent sins was too large to climb in this lifetime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Though he was accustomed on the frontier to dealing with violent death, the brutality detailed in the reports was breathtaking. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z People who are convicted of violent crimes tend to get longer prison sentences than those who commit nonviolent offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a natural reluctance among many African states to support violent struggles elsewhere; but the speech convinced people that freedom fighters in South Africa had no alternative but to take up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A kind of still and violent fecundity that satisfied even bread-hunger like. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm had weakened some and the sea’s violent chop died down, but the idea of rowing another stroke, even in a perfectly calm sea, was unimaginable now. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The boats rolled and pitched in the violent, sucking backwash from the cliffs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “You are going to have advantages—and education. You’ll be around better role models. Mrs. Moss had several violent, failed marriages.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Homicide fell at a greater rate during the 1990s than any other sort of crime, and a number of reliable studies have shown virtually no link between the economy and violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His heaves echoed in the locker room as if he was choking, the sounds more horrible and violent than usual, but by now they had become reassuring, an encouraging vital sign. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But like violent crime in general, the murder rate cannot explain the growth of the penal apparatus. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the important part is that his reputation proclaims him to be the most unpredictable and violent Irishman ever to live in Bellmont. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they were away from the Chamber of Pools, they turned the corner toward the violent sounds of machinery. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because Wes was younger than Tony and Mary knew well how violent Tony could be. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “The words speak—they have a tongue. Know all of you that my son laid violent hands upon my wife. O Poseidon, God, hear me while I curse him, and fulfill my curse.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never thought about how children could die, especially such a violent death. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was further full of Misery for his violent Fit which conduced to such Confusion, & he asked I should beg Capt. Draper for Forgiveness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Tall poplars had gone a buttery yellow while the shrubby sumac encroach- ing on the road was tinged a violent red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My forehead hit something that gave me a violent bump and I felt blood on my face but I crawled on in and lay flat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The lightweight hydrogen gas should, because of Titan’s low gravity, rapidly escape to space by a violent process known as “blowoff,” which should carry the methane and other atmospheric constituents with it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z America’s embrace of speedy executions was, in part, an attempt to redirect the violent energies of lynching while assuring white southerners that black men would still pay the ultimate price. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This week his job was escorting a violent juvenile offender first from Minneapolis to Seattle, then to Ketchikan, Alaska, where they boarded a big silver floatplane to the Tlingit village of Drake. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z "I am not a violent man. The fact is, I opened a door into his head." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt a spasm of fear at his words, and the abrupt memory of his violent black glare that first day . . . but the overwhelming sense of safety I felt in his presence stifled it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The years had gnawed it, and violent hands had maimed it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Many days I could not sit still in the house; violent impulses would seize me whenever I was at play so that I would, for no reason at all, pick fights with other children. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The early farmers were at least as violent as their forager ancestors, if not more so. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A violent welcome to the afterlife, but at least there is one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Roy wasn’t sure what possessed him to wise off to such a violent kid. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too violent and intimate for me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I look at slides, planaria worms in section with their triangular heads and cross- eyes, bacteria colored with vivid dyes, hot pinks, violent purples, radiant blues. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The officer wielded his club and dealt him a violent blow to the head. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain in her head erupted, so violent that her vision went obsidian, and she stopped thinking clearly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mandatory sentencing laws are frequently justified as necessary to keep “violent criminals” off the streets, yet those penalties are imposed most often against people who are guilty of nonviolent crimes and drug offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a constant sense that something violent was about to happen—and the men wished it would happen, just to break the unbearable tension. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z An enormous percentage of those who engage in violent acts, for example, have some kind of psychiatric disorder or come from deeply disturbed backgrounds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gentle and violent Southerners, they are the silent ones, the forgotten. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Researchers have often described the Yanomamo as "fierce," aggressive sorts whose small villages are constantly at violent odds with one another. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In this case, though, the fear would have been justified—the man, after all, was a violent con. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long silence broken only by the violent sipping noises that Mrs. Reilly made on the rim of her glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z War Admiral was growing so violent that he was endangering himself and everyone nearby. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the film was half over we joined the violent booing of the disgusted undergraduates as the dubbed voices uttered words of uncontrolled passion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Why, I ask myself at this point, are all the people who visit me either violent, argumentative, or both? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Which is maybe a little violent for Christmas, but the children are enjoying it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was soon in violent argument with one of the brothers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the waves of pain was so violent, I couldn’t even form a coherent thought as I continued to vomit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “That won’t..he started. The deck gave another violent heave, slamming the two of them together. Penny gave a squeak of fright. “That game won’t do,” Tyrion told her, gritting his teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She can walk through the violent wind with peace inside her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Or not a poster, more like a flier: a violent shade of purple, with green accents and black lettering, risley in RETROSPECT, it says; just the last name, like a boy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The whole world was challenging him, and the dance grew more violent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Once I told her I had, she immediately leaped into a passionate speech about the merits of the labor movement, the brutality of the Pinkerton Agency, and the need for sudden, even violent change. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As Birmingham grew increasingly violent in the 1960s, Daddy’s list of nonnegotiable rules grew longer from year to year. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was not the type usually sent out to accompany violent cases and I was glad until I remembered that the only violent thing about the vet was his tongue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The suffragists marched with the Kaiser Wilson banners for six days, and each day the crowds grew more excited and violent. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The result was a huge increase in violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The violent knife, the drowning waters, poison, and fever—I defied them all in my escape from Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wind and cold and violent exercise had turned his face crimson. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something profoundly disturbing about the statue, a deep and violent wrongness. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Back then, California’s juvenile facilities were notoriously harsh, violent, dilapidated, dull, and overcrowded, with young wards routinely subjected to solitary confinement, and some forced to exercise and attend classes while locked in cages. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At that stage, I did not witness nor even suspect the violent tribal rivalries that would subsequently be promoted by the white rulers of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “I see you play ball as well as you read books, Danny. I hope you are not as violent with a book as you are with a baseball.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I love a woman with a violent streak,” he said, then disappeared before she could really clock him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Laleh laughed and tried to copy her, though my sister’s flailing was somewhat more violent. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The murmuring silence gave, the crowd burst into loud chatter: it was as if the thought of food had loosened all tongues; and the pushing and thrusting became more violent. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We all passed his course, and we should never, never grow up to be violent people. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Its per capita rate of violent crime made it the second most dangerous city in America, but its citizens still paid some of the highest rents in the country. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Thank you for being violent on my behalf.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, he was so violent that Flo had not managed to wean him properly by the time her next baby was born. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She still held on to the remnant of Nehemia’s staff, as if it were a rock in the middle of a violent sea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She refused to leave, but the men didn’t force the issue, concerned that if she was provoked and became violent, it would require “at least four strong men” to subdue her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He looks back to my articles, strikes them with violent red marks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The soda turned a violent shade of cobalt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Ron snorted loudly, but managed to pass it off as a violent sneeze. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then came another snag, more violent, and the two men were thrown hard against the rim of the basket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a short, violent sound, like some big guys holding up some little guy and punching him over and over in the stomach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it possible that violent crime has decreased because so many people are being locked up? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Death would be okay if it came fast, existence ending in one last violent moment of defiance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And like a giant exclamation point on her words, the world lets loose a violent thunderclap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was Red’s last violent moment of the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was his sullen stare and the violent action that followed that made Gus and Jack and G.H. hate and fear him as much as he hated and feared himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If her mood was bad, then there’d be a lot of jerking drawers open, rummaging around, and slamming them shut in a violent way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My back hurt from the violent way I had been throwing up, and my entire body felt fatigued. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o’clock with a tremendous crash of glass. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But if you look closely at who he was, he fits the stereotype of the kind of person who ends up in violent situations. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Drunk, voices slurred, they recalled the violent tremors that had splintered the earth like a clay pot, the dead who’d strewn Lkossa’s streets in the aftermath. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Everything had a battered, trampled-on look, as though the place had just been visited by some large violent animal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Prisons should be for violent criminals, not mainly poor men from rough neighborhoods who get caught selling or using drugs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the banks of a river, under the violent light of noon, confessed believers and children of Gabriel’s age waited to be led into the water. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the hand of heaven stays your hand. Or perhaps reason is your master. It is only those who are ruled by passion who allow their thoughts of violence to become violent acts.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was a gasp and a thump behind him, and he received a violent kick on the ankle which nearly flung him off his balance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Minor, seemingly insignificant quality-of-life crimes, they said, were Tipping Points for violent crime. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Studies have shown that joblessness—not race or black culture—explains the high rates of violent crime in poor black communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If you've ever wondered what that feels like, it's a lot like melting— but more violent. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Jellyfish are stinging machines, and their stings are as violent as anything on Earth. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And yet, when finally she stopped, she merely stopped, without the painful, knifelike intakes of breath that usually follow a violent outburst-inburst. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Ignatius’ departure from the club had been so violent and rapid that the man had been too startled to act until now. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Romans aren’t big on navies. They had, like, one rowboat. Which I sank. Speaking of violent storms, you’re doing a first-rate job upstairs.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When a violent crime or a robbery occurs, the criminal activity usually causes harm or violates someone’s rights. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Suddenly the parachute filled with air and stiffened; there was a violent jerk as it opened wide above me.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the violent storms arrived, the waves on the lake would become extremely dangerous. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Whomping Willow was a very violent tree that stood alone in the middle of the grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She paused before it, and then, with one violent, diagonal stroke, ripped away more than half of it and let it fall to the floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Cal had a violent urge to shout, “I know who our mother is! I can show her to you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the firefighters focused the violent stream of water at my face and shoulders. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Almost as an afterthought, he pulls me into a violent embrace. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “A severe breakdown,” an acquaintance called it, “with a violent attack of high nervous excitement of the brain.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Earlier, I might have thought he reflected just white men, because from what I saw, the South’s white women didn’t appear as violent or as vocal as the men. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve only ever heard of people getting expelled for violent stuff, like fighting or bringing a weapon to school.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I told him that it was okay—that Needles wasn't violent. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z His swaying was like shaking a bottle of Coke that burst into violent foam when you opened it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Michael Donovan brushed down his red hair with a violent motion of his hand and a total indifference to the fact that the unruly mass sprang to attention again immediately. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His mind leaps from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of burning skyscrapers to very practical issues, such as how to get a duvet to stay on a bed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It’s too violent, it doesn’t contribute to human goodness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After a violent debate, my proposal was accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Faced with such daunting circumstances, Paul Ellis drank himself into oblivion every weekend, often turning violent when intoxicated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z None of those guys punched me or got violent. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z In late July, I flew through a violent thunderstorm, the plane dipping and diving on its approach to Philadelphia, where I was going to speak for the last time at a Democratic convention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And at last he flung out in his violent way, and said, with a D, ‘Then do as you like.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “But arguing with Griphook about whose race is most underhanded and violent isn’t going to make him more likely to help us, is it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His calling card is the book More Guns, Less Crime, in which he argues that violent crime has decreased in areas where law-abiding citizens are allowed to carry concealed weapons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The robot’s programming stopped her from being violent, but nothing stopped her from being annoying. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z During the first half of the twentieth century, the incidence of violent crime in the United States was, for the most part, fairly steady. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The children of violent men develop vivid powers of fantasy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He also had a violent streak that made a friend warn them to be careful. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She shook the clock to see if it would tick, which triggered a violent explosion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “By then there was a violent thunder and lightning storm,” said Hornig. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If one argued that earth, water and air all rotated together, so that they were all stationary with regard to each other, then why are there always violent winds blowing at the tops of mountains? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So every night I’d go to bed totally convinced that I was going to gain twenty pounds and be a fat, violent pervert forever and that my little brother was doomed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So each year thousands of crime reports were either downgraded from violent to nonviolent or simply thrown away. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Another of the men had many violent beatings in order to ‘break’ him of his stammering and ‘fits,’ as well as to correct him for his allegedly ‘bad’ behavior. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s best to humor people in delirium, lest they turn violent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Confidence could only come again now through action so violent that it would make him forget. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She swathed him in her passionate and violent love, scratched him like a puppy, shouted at him when she got angry, and ran to hug him when she regretted it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was to tell him that violent as Achilles was, he was not really evil, but one who would treat properly a suppliant. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We all were violent in our disturbances; but once ejected, the meat’s evil influences seem to have passed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Nor is it to say that we should not care about people serving time for violent offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He is now even more dazzled by his own violent plan. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Tappan had its violent incidents, but much less often than the max facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He seems very importunate, sir. I have never seen him so eager. I don’t know but what, if you don’t see him soon, he will have one of his violent fits.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I blink, and the violent red stains the inside of my eyelids. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I went through the rest of the day alternating between violent rage at Reb Saunders’ blindness and anguished frustration at Danny’s helplessness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Police, fearing the protests would turn violent, parked a protective barricade of buses head-to-tail around the White House. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Eloise picked it up and threw it, with as much force as possible, over the side of the banister; it struck the foyer floor with a violent thump. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Rain poured down in violent torrents, pummeling the hansom cab’s roof and sending the coachman cursing at the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A series of violent incidents triggered a brief but devastating war between the Pequots and the Puritans. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z If this revelation is typical, the ancient Danube Valley was as violent as the twentieth century. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He never talked about it, so all I have to go on are hints from my mother, who told me that, in his younger years, Grandpa-down-the-hill had been violent, with a hair-trigger temper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The bus doors opened with a violent hydraulic hiss. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A sort of high, hysterical squeal came from Sir Meliagrance, who could be seen crawling towards the King’s box and making violent gestures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He guessed that he must have dislocated it when he fell and that the violent action of the boat must have popped it back in. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of what the stories said—fearsome, violent, monstrous—and then what Babulya said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then Bull rushed toward Virgil and grabbed him in a violent but amicable bearhug and walked around the office with him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a violent explosion that seemed ripped from the very center of the earth, Spiral Castle crumbled in on itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He paints passionately, with huge, violent sweeps, squinting at the soft, muted colors in the sky. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Teachers labeled him: “aloof,” “withdrawn,” “violent,” “at risk.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They worry that if a person gets upset or becomes violent, being uncuffed will make him or her harder to subdue. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Throughout the summer of 1971, Attica was jumpy; it took only a small confrontation in the yard between two inmates and three officers to spark the violent inmate takeover that would make history. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it seemed a logical conclusion, I never connected my newfound sadness and depression with my friends’ violent deaths. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We should care deeply about all people impacted, including people who live in fear of violence, people who are survivors, and those who commit violent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z No Czech revolutionaries jumped out from behind the bushes to free us, but the Czech people fought back in less violent ways. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Some were hostile, some cringing, some horrified; some, who when among themselves were most violent, now appeared as submissive as children. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She settled into a tub of hot water minutes before a violent labor began. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Waves hit her like trucks, solidly, deeply, drove her back and down the face of them, and the motion seemed more violent when he tried to stand. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A client's life often depends on his lawyer's ability to create a mitigation narrative that contextualizes his poor decisions or violent behavior. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Thus the chemical war is never won, and all life is caught in its violent crossfire. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For the most part, his rages in the past have been directed at authority figures—father, brother, Army sergeant, state parole officer—and have led to violent assaultive behavior on several occasions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the violent, frightening things that happened to us happened after dark. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I leaned over to look down at the violent sea, then sat back in a hurry and prayed we would go even faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few hours, a creepy camp motto, one violent display of authority, and we do what we’re told. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But at the same time, we ought not be misled by those who insist that violent crime has driven the rise of this unprecedented system of racial and social control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Shawn was violent, dangerous, and my father was his protector. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But now, here came Gabriel, floundering and furious up the bank, and what she looked at, with an anger more violent than any she had felt before, was his nakedness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We often read that red seems to advance, while blue recedes; or that the former is a violent or passionate color, the latter a sad one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time individuality was measured by how violent you could be, and this kept everyone on edge. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He saw a large shadow and felt a fury that was not his own pound through his body, violent and brief as an electric shock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, Scoob experienced a violent urge: he wanted to smack Bryce upside his fat head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z They tell you that you were only “restrained” on that first night when you appeared to be violent, but it still feels like you’re tied to the billowing bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And if they got rowdy or violent, they said to run out of the back door and keep going. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ares was the worst god, blustery and violent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z King’s Bioscope went out of its way to cater to our voracious appetite, it seemed, for almost always the movies shown were violent ones. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the burial he drew up and personally submitted to the president of the republic a violent telegram, which the telegrapher refused to send. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he sensed a movement behind him, quick and violent and too close, and before he could turn around, a paper hat had been pushed onto his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even before I was a Muslim—when I was a hustler in the ghetto jungle, and then a criminal in prison, it always stayed on my mind that I would die a violent death. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the students were reported because they had turned physically violent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “My attorney thinks he can get me the minimum. Especially since I ain’t got no violent offenses.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Roughly half of the people in state prisons are classified as violent offenders, but that statistic can easily be misinterpreted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The circus lions don’t care to know that their leader is a weakling human; the fiction guarantees their social well-being and staves off violent anarchy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Booth would soon turn his anger and violent talk into action. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The response was already becoming hysterical—the shooters were being described as computer geeks who played violent games for many hours, were outcasts in their school, and had a site on the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next moment he was doubled up by a violent coughing fit which nearly always attacked him soon after waking up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Yes, it’s true that you are criminally violent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “That time he randomly picked a fight with me and got irrationally angry? I think he was having a bad reaction to the hasira leaf. I think it makes people violent.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That kind of training, conducted over and over again, in combination with real-world experience, fundamentally changes the way a police officer reacts to a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z To my left sunshine poured through a window, lighting up the rouge smears and making the factory look garish, violent, dangerous. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They point to violent crime rates in the African American community as a justification for the staggering number of black men who find themselves behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And for a real kicker, ask them how many geeks are arrested for violent crimes and misdemeanors when compared to popular athletes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the length of the lunar day and night Kepler described “the great intemperateness of climate and the most violent alternation of extreme heat and cold on the Moon,” which is entirely correct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still others heard in the cry “Black Power” a frighteningly literal call to arms, an invitation to open rebellion and violent revolution. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Sharon lived with her husband, Karim, and they had a marriage that wasn’t punctuated by violent fights and lonely tears like the relationships she witnessed growing up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I waved my hand in a violent “get down,” but he was in no hurry. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted’s wife, Mary, took Olmsted to the family’s island home in Maine, where his depression deepened and he at times became violent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Time and again, though, Manifest Destiny was revealed as little more than a euphemism for the violent appropriation of Native American land for the benefit of white settlers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Some of the drunks were so violent that the other prisoners had to combine to suppress them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After watching a violent spy movie and eating raspberry cheesecake for dessert, Conner walked me home in the dark. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He’s surly, violent, and drunk most of the time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I figured that if I was in jail people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail, a violent criminal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They hurtled forward with such a violent lurch that all three almost toppled into the Hudson. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z According to the latest annual report on violence, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is not the world’s most violent region. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z February 12 the bleeding became violent and the strain seemed to have weakened Faye’s heart. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One visitor described luncheons at Down as violent. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Outraged over the violent, brutal murder of her son, she ordered the undertakers to leave Emmett’s body just as she had received it and to hold an open-casket funeral. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew he had a demon inside him, and I hated that; it terrified me how violent and dangerous he was when he snapped. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He thinks about his special mission, his unique talents, his strength, his strange, violent life and all the sacrifices he makes to live it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Yes, they wanted to be rescued, there was no doubt about that; and with a violent swing to Ralph's side, the crisis passed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z There are many different types of crime, and violent crime tends to provoke the most visceral and punitive response. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Would violent storms wash the seeds from the fields and batter down seedlings? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Lynds’s achievement—the seemingly total subjugation of a large group of violent inmates—is one that would probably dazzle most correction officers and wardens today. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very strange to stand with Elijah for those few moments, facing those vivid, violent, so problematical streets. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Could they handle themselves while undergoing violent vibrations or being exposed to extreme forces ten times that of gravity? Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The glacier’s continual and often violent state of flux added an element of uncertainty to every ladder crossing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A few years or decades of tranquility may see grasses replaced by shrubs and trees which are in turn flattened by a violent thunderstorm, permit ting the grass to thrive again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A violent coughing fit gripped Rahim Khan and rocked his gaunt body back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was staring at the most notorious, most violent prison gang in South Africa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Diaries describe a violent Aryan revolution in the United States that overthrows the government and seeks to take over the world. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But Kruger scoffed at this, saying, “Nah, you are all violent Communists!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Trina's father, Walter Garnett, was a former boxer whose failed career had turned him into a violent, abusive alcoholic well known to local police for throwing a punch with little provocation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Aggressive and violent treatment protocols at some facilities generated horror stories that fueled a new campaign, this time to get people out of institutional mental health settings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And the fists rushed down together in a violent pounce and grabbed her, pulling her over the edge of the cliff. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Hope you didn’t take pictures of that, kids walking around with swords in front of the mosque. That’s all we need, more images of violent Muslims.’ Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At any given moment, if you were to snap a picture of that hallway, half the people living in cages would be classified as “violent offenders.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "It was about our faith, ma'am. We're Catholic, thanks mostly to the French part of us. Even one of the most violent, bloody antireligious revolutions in history couldn't keep the French away from the Church." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of power—gang-type violent authority, sports-type physical prowess and social prestige, material wealth and economic dominance, power that comes from leadership, intellect, scholarship, knowledge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell him that the reason I couldn’t return to Cambridge was that being here threw into great relief every violent and degrading moment of my life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was watching cartoons on television, violent ones, little animals that looked like weasels cracking up cars and bashing each other on the head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His entire body hungered for keen sensation, something exciting and violent to relieve the tautness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z From the fourth to the tenth of July there was a violent battle in the La-Haye-du-Puits area. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Now that I've seen New York, I know it's not the violent and dangerous place my mom thinks it is. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With them I was frivolous and violent, orphaned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The wearer of the robe immediately suffered a violent death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He had matured, and was no longer an excitable youth, but his politics had not changed in the least; he still believed that it would be impossible to defeat the right without a violent revolution. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The parched days and sticky nights are undistinguished in my mind, but the storms, the violent sudden storms, both frightened and quenched me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Woman after woman, when asked to name her husband, named several sequential husbands who had died violent deaths. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every time I suggested that Shawn was violent or manipulative in any way, Dad shouted at me: “Where’s your proof? Do you have proof?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All the frightful descriptions we had heard about each other, all the violent expressions of hate and hostility that had seeped into us from our surroundings, came now to the surface to guide our actions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Peaceful gatherings became violent as frustrated demonstrators threw rocks and bottles, even started fires. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Did these people even realize where they were or know what violent thing had happened here just one day before? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The violent pain he felt revealed to him that the lower part of his body was at the moment probably the most sensitive. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m shouting now, and I don’t know where the anger came from, except that I can feel it swirling around inside me, violent and vicious and the strongest I have felt in days. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He limped about, looking soft and sad, and soon all John’s sympathy was given to this violent and unhappy woman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes the wind becomes so violent or unpredictable that it tosses your plane into a deadly spiral dive. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They had concerns that she might turn to the more violent and controversial methods of the British suffragettes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He claimed he was never violent to my mother and loved Luke and me very much. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Queens had seen a drop in violent crime since his election. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Did these people even realize where they were or know what violent thing had happened here just one day before? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In her first year of operation she had produced two volumes of poetry, written by men known mainly for their violent tempers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He made an inept and rather violent attempt to cross over to Franny’s collarbone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Patrick would get involved, saying that violent crime was a natural consequence of the capitalist system, and then, eventually, the New York skyline would appear on the horizon and we'd all stop talking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z More banks failed, layoffs increased, industrial production sagged, and strikes grew more violent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Malachite let out a guttural scream and launched herself out of her seat, aiming with violent hands for her sister. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Yet as we have seen in chapter 2, the drug war has not been aimed at rooting out the most violent drug traffickers, or so-called kingpins. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her violent death had left a hole in our family that would never be repaired. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He coughed mean and violent, and spit something thick into an old handkerchief he had tucked in his shirt pocket. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He paints very swiftly, in violent eye-burning acrylics, reds and pinks and purples, in frenzied loops and swirls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I shove my chair back with a violent screech and stand up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Farmer’s brush with death was just one violent incident among many. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She made sure Amari had food each day and protected her from some of the other women who had grown fierce and violent from their captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are no violent offenses that are juvenile,” thundered Newt Gingrich, who was then Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of holes in the walls from a violent boyfriend she had staying with her—he used to beat her pretty bad. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And this is the most violent storm yet. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “There he is again, Bigger!” the woman screamed, and the tiny, one-room apartment galvanized into violent action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A violent throb of desire tugs at me, followed by a frantic alarm bell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As a result, I do find myself giving in to more violent, destructive thoughts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The noise was loud and violent and so near, she shrank down the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He pauses, and the air sounds violent between us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Blount’s tongue was so heavy with drink and he talked at such a violent pace that the sounds were all shaken up together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He found that the more people killed in a war, the less likely it was to occur, and the longer before you could witness it, just as violent storms occur less frequently than cloudbursts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm must have been even more violent than he’d imagined. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As she flew closer, the updrafts became more violent, the gusts more sudden and brutal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Their bottoms were dark and lumpy, and Nhamo knew a violent storm was imminent. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but such a...such a violent scene must surely have been carved by goblins. Since that is—what your people—what you like. Brutality. Bloodshed. Evil.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The destruction confirmed white suspicions about the violent intentions of Durham’s blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The two trusties lifted and tilted the heavy cage, while three officers yanked Joe's chair with a violent pull that finally dislodged it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to impress upon the court that we had not acted irresponsibly or without thought to the ramifications of taking up violent action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With experience organizing Klan units in several Southern states, Stoner was as violent as Shelton, and would later be convicted in the 1958 dynamiting of a Birmingham, Alabama, church. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A second later, she jumped in herself, and then all three of them were tossed to the floor of the boat by its violent rocking. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His face was dark with the violent pleasure of making this stupendous noise, and his heart was making the stretched shirt shake. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When something that violent hits you, you can’t help but lose your balance and fall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t often think about the role of time in life-or-death situations, perhaps because Hollywood has distorted our sense of what happens in a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Any one of these could cause violent physical suffering and death. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In Jamaica, a series of violent strikes shut down the country, and a state of emergency was declared. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And if she isn’t that violent, she’ll get you, one way or another. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “A lot of folks have been focusing on the violent nature of the lyrics. Do you think they encouraged those students at that school to act out violently?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When they got out of the wagon at Thomas Garrett’s house in Wilmington, Garrett said of Harriet, “She was so hoarse she could hardly speak, and was also suffering with violent toothache.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, it was true that she was criminally violent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Another contraction begins, more violent than the last. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Being too violent could cost me my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was unlike Clarence to be violent, so what happened next was more about his embarrassment over the slip-up than his true nature. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Some were violent like the She Elephant, and some were dishonest like Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a hard-hitting, sometimes grotesque, often violent and erotic spectacular. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Ah—I thought the Communists were all for violent overthrow and that sort of thing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “He would rather harm us. Trolls can be violent and unpredictable. I would not solicit information from him if our situation were less dire.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He couldn't understand some of the hostile and violent behavior he saw from prisoners and the other people around him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A violent emotion, not fear exactly but a sort of undifferentiated excitement, flared up in him, then faded again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There was a violent rush of wind, and the roar of what sounded like a hurricane tearing through the bowling alley. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Three nights has the same thing happened—violent all day then quiet from moonrise to sunrise. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Even then the blow was so violent it almost tore the mask off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In wresting the lands from Indigenous peoples, they used the same violent tactics they had used against the Irish. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z This didn’t sound like very fierce smack talk to Aru, but considering that it was coming from Mini, it was about as violent as it would get. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was a few paces away from them when suddenly the group broke up and two of the men were in violent altercation. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Selma’s mayor had ordered Sheriff Clark to avoid violent confrontations. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were wondering if you would be interested in signing a petition to change the school’s mascot to something less violent but still formidable?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z In recent years, two violent events have brought attention to the white supremacists and their goals. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When he did violent work he curled his queue on top of his head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Islamophobia was on the rise in the United States, perpetuated by violent stereotypes and religious extremism portrayed in the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One way or another, you’d come into violent contact with some other kid. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As a result, people who are classified as violent offenders comprise a much larger share of the prison population than they would if they had earlier release dates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was speaking, of course, of the young inmates in Coxsackie, most of them violent repeat offenders. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he made a harsh sound in his throat and with a violent thrusting movement of his powerful arms pushed his way through. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As Mr. Curtain banged through the door to the Institute Control Building, it occurred to Reynie that every door in the Institute must have been designed to be opened in this violent manner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We can lead a full life and never personally encounter a natural disaster more violent than a storm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These men lead violent lives, and they’re happy to let the world know it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He'll be angry and get even more violent and maybe hurt Angel and... Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt fine even, lying there and waiting in peaceful curiosity for the next violent unharbingered jerk to come. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z But an even bigger flaw in the strong- economy theory concerns violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Their tents had been lashed to ribbons by the violent wind, and they were all suffering from exposure. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The waters here were dark and angry, almost violent—nothing like our friendly swimming hole. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Giacinta was unprincipled and violent: I tired of her in three months. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In these violent breaks in routine that were themselves routine, sJre could display the style and imagination of what she believed to be her own true self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Derric wasn’t a violent kid in school, but he wasn’t above sassing off in class, or getting others into trouble because of his verbal antics. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m suspended above the room, looking down, I can see how this would be mistaken for a violent act, especially as large as I am. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Wind-whipped granules of ice and snow struck the climbers’ faces with violent force, lacerating their eyes and making it impossible to see where they were going. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As she was speaking, there was another violent explosion. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like walking into a furnace: Nearly everything in Ron’s room seemed to be a violent shade of orange: the bedspread; the walls, even the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Not a hush, not a muting of the noise, but utter, almost violent silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was so violent in his dislike that Adam knew he hadn’t bought a Ford yet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The reply came as a violent, desperate howling inside her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The sphinx talks only in puzzles and riddles, and is violent when given the wrong answer. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a chameleon that changes colors to adapt to its environment—when these kids are surrounded by violence they become violent also. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Io moves in an orbit so close to Jupiter that it plows through the midst of this intense radiation, creating cascades of charged particles, which in turn generate violent bursts of radio energy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad was about six-foot-two, and while he was probably the least violent guy ever, he could look pretty imposing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some pastors were more violent than others, but what they all had in common was that they wouldn’t stop until the demon was gone and the congregant had gone limp and collapsed on the stage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When he had been drunk the place had seemed violent and riotous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z What sounds like gentle clacking from inside the train is a violent banging up here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the first six months of 1892 the city experienced nearly eight hundred violent deaths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We couldn’t go up against these guys in terms of force because we weren’t, you know, violent criminals. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her Ladyship, whatever she was, made a series of violent hisses like a tire being slashed repeatedly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A collision so violent it popped out the passenger’s eyeballs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Shimmy's getting violent," reported the ascent flight director. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the net effect of crack is still being felt in the form of violent crime, to say nothing of the miseries the drug itself continues to cause. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To that end, I wonder if Jack's unexpectedly violent behavior might have been a result of too much pressure being placed on his young shoulders? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Not being violent enough could cost me my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally, bands wandered outside their turf and explored new lands, whether due to natural calamities, violent conflicts, demographic pressures or the initiative of a charismatic leader. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Enough to fill my heart with more misery and make me swear violent oaths at him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It included mood swings, a fondness for violent TV or video games, cursing, depression, antisocial behavior and attitudes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks gushed into the air, and flames billowed out with a sound like tearing cloth; but cutting through this came another sound, dreadfully close and violent. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z After each violent attack, I started to fear that maybe it wasn’t food poisoning, but rather that something far more insidious was responsible for the gut-wrenching torture taking place in my body. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I awaken from a nightmare I can’t remember to the violent pitching of the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Black men, they say, have much higher rates of violent crime; that’s why so many of them are locked up. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the ocean is violent, angry, and pulls me back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And, even though the Klan may not have been as deadly as generally thought, it was plenty violent and, perhaps worse, had ever greater designs on political influence. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And as I start through the opening, I feel the pressure around me, propelling me in violent wavelike motions toward the mouth of the cave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? You think somebody might get violent?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Jackson’s husband, Gabe Ugliano, claims that his stepson, Percy Jackson, is a troubled child who has been kicked out of numerous boarding schools and has expressed violent tendencies in the past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then, Hooper writhed, pitched over and made a violent noise in his throat. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If you consider that I had gotten a violent response out of Branwell, you could say yes. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh I suppose not,” she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron’s, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Today violent crime rates are at historically low levels, yet incarceration rates continue to climb. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z All John Reed’s violent tyrannies, all his sisters’ proud indifference, all his mother’s aversion, all the servants’ partiality, turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I kept thinking about his mom and dad, and how their lives would never be the same after losing their young son in such a violent way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Fleming once more elicited an account of how Hickock had fully informed Wells of his violent plans for the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how violent Klan members could be. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Fifty years ago, the prevailing concept in the American criminal justice system was that everyone in the community is the victim when an offender commits a violent crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He would spend hours up there on the rooftop, watching the Levee District’s inhabitants begin their drunken, violent stumble toward dawn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A crease of fear touched her breast, for any second there was sure to be a violent explosion in her brain, a gasping for breath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If Mrs. Peterson was about to get violent, I wanted to be out of range. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was nine and a half, and at that age one is ill equipped to tackle a grown-up man with flaming orange hair and a violent temper. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest that the first New England colonists thought was primeval and enduring was actually in the midst of violent change and demographic collapse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My shivering was so violent now that it hurt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A violent scream filled the air, a piercing, horrible sound, and suddenly every last person there was charging forward, rushing at the two men with their death-dealing weapons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Or were guards normal men who became violent once enmeshed in the system? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now see what you’ve made me do? I’m not a violent man. I don’t like to treat women—let alone girls—this way, so I’m going to give you another chance.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z People who have had highly abusive childhoods also do well; like stroke victims, they’ve had to practice the difficult art of reading minds, in their case the minds of alcoholic or violent parents. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When researchers have controlled for joblessness, differences in violent crime rates between young black and white men disappear. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My tribe’s migration came amid the time of European colonialism, and life was violent and turbulent across the region, as Africans were seized as slaves and forced into hard labor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He would have to hire other, less violent men to replace them because the eejits couldn’t exist without orders. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrubbed and scrubbed with the gray, seaweed soap, but it only made his skin turn a violent red. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After the weather got violent and the islands were battered, the West Indian population here had swollen. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My mind feels like it’s been caught up in a violent twister. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Irish Justice of the Stockyards District Police Court, with jurisdiction over minor crimes in that neighborhood, dismissed more than eighty percent of claims brought against strikers accused of violent attacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The indictment charged eleven of us with complicity in over two hundred acts of sabotage aimed at facilitating violent revolution and an armed invasion of the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Klaus had guessed that once he announced what he knew, this dreadful man would have been very angry, even violent. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z As violent crime began to fall dramatically, New Yorkers were more than happy to heap laurels on their operatic, Brooklyn-bred mayor and his hatchet-faced police chief with the big Boston accent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She swore softly in French, a single violent word of disappointment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The house shakes, teetering, in the wind and rains violent game. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I consider how I resisted Hamlet’s revenge, repelled by the violent act he had vowed to commit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Not much, except that he had a violent criminal history. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He and his friends backed up while Hygeia and her snake underwent a violent religious experience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were six lawyers in frock coats and top hats who endured the violent November sun with stiff stoicism. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In my brother’s eyes I saw violent desire that dims the light of reason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Yet I edged cautiously toward the steps of the house, holding myself ready to run if they should prove to be more violent than they appeared. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems it was only a matter of time before Alex took the American approach: a violent altercation.’” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I should have thought, young man, that the presence of your father would have been welcome instead of inspiring such violent repugnance.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z If a wheel strikes against a stone or other impediment, while in quick motion, it turns the cart with a violent jerk, and often throws them down with more or less injury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The speaker had become more violent than before and his remarks were about the government. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Orange juice mixed with the vodka that made him crazy and violent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It came from Myrtle who had overheard the question and it was violent and obscene. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Hicks began shooting bullets into the chest of the recruit, firing in a calm synchronized salvo that had a violent harmony to it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Edna and her father had a warm, and almost violent dispute upon the subject of her refusal to attend her sister’s wedding. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The force was so violent, the entire mist image dissolved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z After one violent surge, he stopped, closed his eyes, and took a breath. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As trainload after trainload of black strikebreakers from the South rolled into the Stock Yard, they were met with violent anger. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In fact, the gale of May 10, though violent, was nothing extraordinary; it was a fairly typical Everest squall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z So it made sense to Rush, Hodge, and Foulke that the putrid-smelling air could upset people enough to cause an outbreak of violent, fatal fevers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The thrashing of limbs and the waving of arms became more violent by the second. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the victims of violent crime and the survivors of murdered loved ones, and how we’ve pressured them to recycle their pain and anguish and give it back to the offenders we prosecute. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly his body straightened in one last violent twitch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z What is more interesting is that Poole’s mind can leap from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of buildings without missing a beat, and Florence’s mind can’t. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Things had been violent lately, with shootings nearly every day. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She dreamed of the ship that would take her, a magnificent schooner with sails like angel wings, cutting across the violent sea. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The alchemist had become much more cautious, because they were approaching the area where the most violent battles were being waged. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Amazons loved violent entertainment almost as much as pirates did. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes from sheer rebellion we ate grass, although it always resulted in stomach cramps and violent retching. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Football, see, is a violent and emotional game. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z On July 1, someone resorted to a violent approach, exploding a bomb in the hallway of a black family’s home and blowing the front wall to smithereens. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The creature made a violent rip-rip-rip sound that might have been laughter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He could sleep only a few hours at a time before violent hacking spells woke him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell by the violent nature of that kick that she would never wear those chanclas again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Only about a quarter of felony defendants in large urban counties were charged with a violent offense in 2006. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They rushed back and looked through the window again.Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But the robot’s programming would not allow her to be violent. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It fascinated me that someone thought there might be some violent, armed resistance to the scheduled execution of an indigent black man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The detective turned around, grabbed one of the chairs pushed under the table in the corner and pulled it towards him in a swift, almost violent movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Less than a minute had passed since they’d vaporized their friend and the violent thugs attacking her, but the crowd milling about in the yard and street seemed to have doubled in size. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A violent shudder racked her body then, despite the muggy heat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Nina thought of the violent chaos of Hellgate, bribes changing hands, blood staining the sand, a world away from this sterile place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lancelot, who also suffered from violent emotions, began to cry in turn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, he put all his strength into one violent lunge and felt the warm pulsating prize in his mouth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the mice had ever competed in any type of violent sport; they were awkward and timid. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Of all the Communist leaders deposed in the years bracketing the collapse of the Soviet Union, only Nicolae Ceaujescu met a violent death. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As we passed out the door Julio’s voice rose again, violent, then ceased. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the violent weaknesses and passion for beauty of the shanty Nolans. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had been chain-smoking all morning, puffing and ashing with violent flicks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z |
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