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Brutality in a sentence

Brutality meaning

  1. The state of being brutal.
  2. A cruel or savage act.
  3. The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.

Synonyms of Brutality

savagery atrocity barbarism barbarity harshness cruelness cruelty viciousness ferociousness inhumanity

Related words

Other words often associated with Brutality or its synonyms:

malevolence malice abrasiveness rigorousness vehemence fierceness heartlessness raggedness humaneness wildness mercilessness roughness

Using Brutality

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state of being brutal. | A cruel or savage act. | The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
  • Useful related words include: savagery, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity.
  • In the example corpus, brutality often appears in combinations such as: police brutality, brutality and, the brutality.

Context around Brutality

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

police 15× initiating 1× embraced 1×

Often after:

injustice 1× took 1× gains 1×

Sentence patterns with Brutality

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1979 for brutality against citizens 1× a about brutality injustice and 1× after police brutality gains widespread 1× and police brutality 1× as police brutality and gender 1× case of brutality is of 1× for initiating brutality as commissioner 1× has embraced brutality since joining 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a lawyer representing 1× about 20 students 1× after grisom s 1× aim began as 1× also yor was 1× although some canadians 1×

Common sentence endings:

and gender ideology 1× and police brutality 1× and systemic racism 1× brutality and racism 1× brutality are jewish 1× community controlled policing 1×

Words around Brutality

Just before it in the word index:

brutalities 21 brutalist 20 brutalism 9 brutalising 8 brutalised 21 brutalise 2

Just after it in the word index:

brutalization 4 brutalize 14 brutalized 22 brutalizes 6 brutalizing 7 brutally 477

Similar in corpus frequency:

abuses 755 escalation 755 insist 755 liz 755 pathway 755 punched 755

Corpus analysis for Brutality

  • In this selection, "brutality" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police, initiating, embraced, injustice, took and gains stand out and add context to how "brutality" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1979 for brutality against citizens and a about brutality injustice and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "brutality" sits close to words such as abuses, escalation and insist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with brutality

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Americans once again protested after another recorded instance of police brutality. (11 words)

Beast has embraced brutality since joining the mutant nation of Krakoa. (11 words)

As Swodeck explained, there is a collective pain experienced after police brutality gains widespread national attention. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Imagery of fresh cases of “less-lethal” police violence compelled more people, enlivened by outrage or surprise upon seeing police brutality as a repeated police reaction to people protesting police brutality, to join the demonstrations’ swelling ranks. (37 words)

The federal Department of Justice filed a against the Philadelphia Police Department in 1979 for brutality against citizens, singling Rizzo out for initiating brutality as commissioner, and ensuring that his tactics were continued as mayor. (35 words)

Anyone who points out the incongruence of this narrative with the fact that Israel is an ethnostate is called antisemitic, regardless of the fact that some of the this brutality are Jewish. (32 words)

Question examples

After all, if Meyers made that up, why should doubters believe any of the stories his colleague Amber Ruffin shared about her experiences with police brutality and racism? (28 words)

Example sentences (20)

Imagery of fresh cases of “less-lethal” police violence compelled more people, enlivened by outrage or surprise upon seeing police brutality as a repeated police reaction to people protesting police brutality, to join the demonstrations’ swelling ranks.

In his reaction to the conversation on police brutality and the planned protest, Olamide said, “Police brutality is sky rocketing by the day And the nigeria gov.

The federal Department of Justice filed a against the Philadelphia Police Department in 1979 for brutality against citizens, singling Rizzo out for initiating brutality as commissioner, and ensuring that his tactics were continued as mayor.

Witnesses that appeared before the panels set up across the states to probe cases of police brutality have regaled Nigerians with tales of destruction and police brutality.

About 20 students and community members marched from Coffman l Union to the University of Minnesota Transportation and Safety Building Friday to protest police brutality and call for community controlled policing.

After all, if Meyers made that up, why should doubters believe any of the stories his colleague Amber Ruffin shared about her experiences with police brutality and racism?

After Grisom’s prayer, Soloman read Jericho Brown’s “The Tradition,” a about brutality, injustice and systemic racism.

AIM began as a local organization in Minneapolis that sought to grapple with issues of police brutality and discrimination against Native Americans in the 1960s.

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A lawyer representing Moravits said he tried to get them 'to engage all sides of controversial issues, such as police brutality and gender ideology.

Also, Yor was able to think fast and get the Gretchers out of the way just in time before brutality took over, and she gave herself to her senses.

Although some Canadians believe that police brutality only affects our American neighbours, this is not the case.

Although unable to use the Dark Side, Tarkin's brutality made him a more sinister threat than even many Sith.

Americans once again protested after another recorded instance of police brutality.

Among other matters, the panel probed the shooting of activists protesting police brutality at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos on October 20, 2020.

Another case of brutality is of the death of Buleya Lule, a suspect of albino killings, who died in police custody.

Another retweeted post added: "What we are experiencing today and the last few days is pure police brutality.

Anyone who points out the incongruence of this narrative with the fact that Israel is an ethnostate is called antisemitic, regardless of the fact that some of the this brutality are Jewish.

As Mehdi Hasan’s show after he stood out as one of the only news anchors on a major broadcast outlet to publicly oppose Israel’s brutality.

As Swodeck explained, there is a collective pain experienced after police brutality gains widespread national attention.

Beast has embraced brutality since joining the mutant nation of Krakoa.

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Common combinations with brutality

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "brutality" in a sentence?
An example: "Imagery of fresh cases of “less-lethal” police violence compelled more people, enlivened by outrage or surprise upon seeing police brutality as a repeated police reaction to people protesting police brutality, to join the demonstrations’ swelling ranks." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "brutality" from authentic English texts.
What does "brutality" mean?
Brutality means: The state of being brutal.
What are synonyms of "brutality"?
Common synonyms of "brutality" include: savagery, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, harshness, cruelness, cruelty, viciousness. Plus 2 more synonyms.
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