Examples of 'resorted to violence' in a sentence

Meaning of "resorted to violence"

resorted to violence: This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone has turned to using physical force or aggression to achieve their goals or resolve a conflict, typically when other methods have failed or are not effective

How to use "resorted to violence" in a sentence

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resorted to violence
The male officers even resorted to violence.
He resorted to violence because he had no words.
It is clear that some protesters resorted to violence.
Pilate has resorted to violence to push his plans through.
Till now they have not resorted to violence.
They often resorted to violence to fight for space to lie down and sleep.
I should not have resorted to violence.
The regime has resorted to violence and intimidation in an effort to suppress the dissent.
But he never once resorted to violence.
He resorted to violence to solve his conflicts, however minor.
Christians have never resorted to violence.
But they never resorted to violence despite all this aggression and oppression.
He got into an argument at a cafe and resorted to violence.
Yöu have resorted to violence too.
Union members and their supporters also resorted to violence.

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Who have resorted to violence.
But to fulfil your aspirations you have resorted to violence too.
Your men resorted to violence.
There have been instances in which the authorities have unlawfully resorted to violence.
Though they have only resorted to violence on one occasion.
They oppose equal treatment of Dalits and have resorted to violence.
Some tribes have resorted to violence against all outsiders.
A number of opposition forces resorted to violence.
The administration resorted to violence every time convicts tried to protest against something.
The old said would have never resorted to violence.
Terrorists are people who have resorted to violence against civilians to achieve their political purposes.
It would not be the first time the Irish workingmen have resorted to violence.
Ages since we resorted to violence.
Nevertheless, a question that must be asked was why peoples resorted to violence.
Tamilians resorted to violence.
You can imagine how disappointed I was when you resorted to violence.
Sometimes we resorted to violence.
He may have provoked us, but we were the ones who resorted to violence.
It is a shame that people have resorted to violence to resolve their problems.
Unable to defeat each other with words, the opposing groups resorted to violence.
The prison administration resorted to violence anytime the inmates tried to protest.
I was overwhelmed with anger, and i resorted to violence.
Some protesters resorted to violence and two members of the security forces were also killed.
As a result, both groups resorted to violence.
That was before you resorted to violence and hostage-taking.
After years of abuse and degrading treatment, some women have resorted to violence themselves.
I cannot believe they resorted to violence at the Police Bureau!
If not for this huge case, I normally would not have resorted to violence.
At this point the police reportedly resorted to violence against the two young men themselves.
For States, terrorism was the act of armed anti-government gangs that resorted to violence.
Some of the Zealots even resorted to violence to further their goals.
At least not as a first step . The old Said would have never resorted to violence.
In the past, protestors have resorted to violence in order to be heard.
It has been decided Lord Asano became demented … and resorted to violence.
There, various armed movements resorted to violence in the mid-1990s to protest their historical marginalization.

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