How do you use Violently in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Violently meaning
- In a violent manner.
- To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely.
Synonyms of Violently
Using Violently
- The main meaning on this page is: In a violent manner. | To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely.
- Useful related words include: nonviolently.
- In the example corpus, violently often appears in combinations such as: was violently, violently attacked, to violently.
Context around Violently
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Violently
- In this selection, "violently" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, became, too, muggers, attacked, penetrated and ripped stand out and add context to how "violently" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all go violently wrong and and gently violently composing realizations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "violently" sits close to words such as assam, boast and brake, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with violently
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cletus literally earns the name Carnage by violently slaughtering everyone in sight. (12 words)
As the men shifted their weight, Parnell was moved violently from side to side. (14 words)
For years, Magneto, Sabretooth, Mystique, and others have been on and off the team, sometimes leaving violently. (17 words)
Han Suofeiya, a mother of three young children, was one of more than 130 people who died when the earth shook violently in the middle of the night in northwest China this week, burying her in the debris of her mother’s home. (43 words)
A San Francisco man who was violently attacked last June by a mentally ill man in his Lower Nob Hill neighborhood is fighting his assailant's possible release to a mental health diversion program. (34 words)
However, as sales started to fall, Marvel started to violently shake up the status quo of heroes like Spider-Man and villains like Loki, taking them into new and amazing directions. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A boy's "dangerous" hound became violently out of control on Friday when officers trotted down Maroon Street, Limehouse, east London.
And if they’re forced in too violently, or if the holes are aggressively sanded out, the holes can become too big.
And so Edwards said she was sent alone into a hotel room where Murdaugh, she said, 'ripped chunks of hair out of my head' and violently penetrated her.
A pair of masked muggers violently attacked and robbed a New Jersey postal worker on just his second day on the job earlier this month.
A San Francisco man who was violently attacked last June by a mentally ill man in his Lower Nob Hill neighborhood is fighting his assailant's possible release to a mental health diversion program.
As he did, he found 'something grabbed me on the leg and started shaking violently,' which he assumed was a dog.
As it is uncomfortable to witness a child suffering so violently on screen, this instinct works against the viewer, and well with the twist execution towards the end.
As the men shifted their weight, Parnell was moved violently from side to side.
But her idyllic life is about to be violently ripped apart when her one bad day arrives in the form of an enemy making it personal by attacking her family.
Challenging our search for love, it might leave you lovingly dazed from exposure and gently, violently composing realizations.
Cletus literally earns the name Carnage by violently slaughtering everyone in sight.
Each of them knew the IRA men would probably be armed, that it could all go violently wrong.
Ever since Chris violently attacked Riri in 2009, the two have had a bumpy journey from restraining orders to recording songs together.
For years, Magneto, Sabretooth, Mystique, and others have been on and off the team, sometimes leaving violently.
Group member James Skeet said the group will do “whatever is non-violently necessary to save us” from a disaster during a series of interviews this morning.
HaberTurk journalists reporting from Hatay said they were jolted violently by Monday’s quake and held on to each other to avoid falling.
Han Suofeiya, a mother of three young children, was one of more than 130 people who died when the earth shook violently in the middle of the night in northwest China this week, burying her in the debris of her mother’s home.
He’d have to take the world by the shoulders and shake it violently, because violence seems to be the only way to get its attention anymore.
He even tattooed his arms with the dates on which someone died violently when he was the mayor.
However, as sales started to fall, Marvel started to violently shake up the status quo of heroes like Spider-Man and villains like Loki, taking them into new and amazing directions.
Common combinations with violently
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was violently 17×
- violently attacked 15×
- to violently 15×
- and violently 9×
- being violently 7×
- were violently 7×
- violently and 7×
- violently on 5×
- violently in 5×
- violently assaulted 5×