How to Use violence in a Sentence

violence

noun
  • The violence of the storm caused great fear.
  • They need to learn how to settle their arguments without resorting to violence.
  • But right now, this is an act of violence.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the king hides this violence from his three sons.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Gun violence is now the number one cause of death in kids and teens.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • When violence erupts, the tension shows up in our own homes.
    — Adam Abutaa, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2026
  • The killing set off violence in some 20 states.
    — CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This is the kind of rhetoric that incites violence.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of images of us having violence put on us out there.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
  • He was taken from us too soon due to a senseless act of gun violence!
    — Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Much of the debate in the country has been about how to curb the violence.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
  • But as the violence builds everyone is forced to choose a side.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 July 2025
  • So much gun violence, so little time.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Sunday’s violence thus came as a shock.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And so when people are like, Stop the violence!
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026
  • No one should face violence for simply doing their job.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • After his death there wasn’t violence.
    — Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There were no shootings, no violence.
    — John Miller, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The first option is to learn to live with our current level of gun violence.
    — Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
  • The violence, the torture, the killings.
    — Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The shooting comes as the city faces a spike in violent crime and gun violence.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2023
  • He's called for protests and that's raising concerns about violence.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • For Kerr, each senseless act of violence in this country hits close to home.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Anger at the bombers, at the community that looked away as violence grew.
    — John Archibald, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • How widespread is the issue of gun violence?
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Reading the data and name list, the violence against the victims is stark.
    — Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Chicago has struggled with gun violence for decades.
    — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Puebla has seen gruesome violence in recent years.
    — CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • The band members were teenagers in the '90s when gang violence was at its peak on the city's east side.
    — Ivan Kashinsky, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025

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