Below you will find example sentences with "domestic violence". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Domestic Violence in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: violence
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 58
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.7 words

Words in this phrase

domestic violence

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • domestic can mean: Of or relating to the home. Frequent word
  • violence can mean: Extreme force. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

about the domestic violence incident let 1× are taught domestic violence calls are 1× bail for domestic violence offences are 1× can compare domestic violence and rape 1× families the domestic violence and rape 1× for frontline domestic violence crisis centres 1× have extra domestic violence workers after 1× high risk domestic violence cases are 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the domestic violence 2× according to king 1× both last year 1× but he noted 1× five south east 1× how bad is 1×

Common sentence endings:

to domestic violence 2× and sexual violence 1× centres or support 1× committed by children 1× court in 2016 1× domestic violence act 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

county 5× police 4× reports 3× act 3× calls 3× high 3× court 3× victims 3× support 3× bail 2× orders 2× general 2×

Related phrases

gun violence sexual violence gross domestic domestic abuse domestic flights family violence domestic debt domestic terrorism domestic workers domestic market

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around violence:

gun violence 20× sexual violence 20× family violence 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

domestic terrorism domestic market domestic flights domestic debt domestic abuse domain names

Just after it in the phrase index:

domestic workers dominant force dominant performance dominant player dominant role dominant win

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

domestic abuse domestic flights domestic debt domestic terrorism domestic workers domestic market

Same ending:

gun violence sexual violence family violence

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "domestic violence" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about the domestic violence incident let, are taught domestic violence calls are, county, police and reports stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with gun violence, sexual violence, gross domestic, gun violence, sexual violence and family violence, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with domestic violence

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

How bad is the incidence of domestic violence and is there any way we can compare domestic violence and rape. (20 words)

The Domestic Violence Act requires a domestic relationship and is designed to cater for the particularities and nuances of domestic relationships. (21 words)

This budget leaves women experiencing domestic violence to suffer by failing to provide any new funding for frontline domestic violence crisis centres or support. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

The Director-General of the CID, Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, who opened the workshop, stressed the need to address domestic violence issues, adding that there was evidence that violent crime had a direct link to domestic violence. (40 words)

The Delhi High Court in its order has stated that a husband living with another woman and also having a child with her makes the wife a victim of domestic violence under the Domestic Violence Act. (36 words)

Zita Somakoko, a domestic violence survivor and organizer of a community forum called ‘Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence,’ pointed to high numbers of calls to police and recent homicides as a reason to take action. (36 words)

Question examples

So, just staying with domestic violence, do you have a definition so that young women can recognise that what is happening to them might be domestic violence, and might very well be illegal? (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Operation Amarok - which targets domestic violence offenders - ensures those on bail for domestic violence offences are complying not only with the bail but their apprehended domestic violence orders.

However, social taboos surrounding domestic violence in general could be responsible for the lack of reports of sexual violence, and for the underreporting of domestic violence committed by children.

The Domestic Violence Act requires a domestic relationship and is designed to cater for the particularities and nuances of domestic relationships.

But he noted that the officers believed they were responding to a domestic violence situation, and they are taught domestic violence calls are among the most dangerous.

So, just staying with domestic violence, do you have a definition so that young women can recognise that what is happening to them might be domestic violence, and might very well be illegal?

The Delhi High Court in its order has stated that a husband living with another woman and also having a child with her makes the wife a victim of domestic violence under the Domestic Violence Act.

The Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act, 2023, which will provide greater protection to victims of domestic violence, is to come into effect on Monday, January 22.

This budget leaves women experiencing domestic violence to suffer by failing to provide any new funding for frontline domestic violence crisis centres or support.

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Five south-east Queensland police stations will have extra domestic violence workers after a rise in domestic violence calls to police during the pandemic.

How bad is the incidence of domestic violence and is there any way we can compare domestic violence and rape.

In the UK high-risk domestic violence cases are given specific focus and support as one part of a larger collective response to domestic violence.

Responding to an increase in domestic violence reports across New York, the governor’s office announced on Friday that people can now text those reports to the state domestic violence hotline.

The Director-General of the CID, Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, who opened the workshop, stressed the need to address domestic violence issues, adding that there was evidence that violent crime had a direct link to domestic violence.

According to King County’s Regional Domestic Violence Enforcement Unit, 875 people were ordered to surrender their firearms as part of domestic violence protection orders in King County Superior Court in 2016.

Both last year’s Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review report on court stalking suggest that laws should specifically target domestic-violence-related stalking with clear, direct language in order to be effective.

In 2018, Oswego County Opportunities’ Services to Aid Families, the domestic violence and rape crisis program in Oswego County, served more than 600 victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Narrating the domestic violence incident, Sidharth recalled, "And talking about the domestic violence incident, let me tell you that it had happened one month before we broke up.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Haven House, the only domestic-violence shelter in Sandoval County, is organizing special observances to support victims and survivors.

The city carries 30 percent of all domestic violence misdemeanors in the state, according to Liz Ortenburger, CEO of SafeNest, a domestic violence prevention advocacy group.

Zita Somakoko, a domestic violence survivor and organizer of a community forum called ‘Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence,’ pointed to high numbers of calls to police and recent homicides as a reason to take action.

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