Example sentences for: non-violent

How can you use “non-violent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The inscriptions state how “he of gentle visage and beloved of the gods,” as he described himself, was filled with remorse and converted to the non-violent teachings of Buddha.

  • The Jains’ non-violent religion excludes them from agriculture as a profession, but they dominate the electronics industry in Bangalore.

  • Perhaps the most plausible explanation offered is this: American criminals increasingly tend to commit violent crimes rather than non-violent ones.

  • He supported the Untouchables and defended the rights of village artisans and peasants, but his non-violent movement could not stop the escalating riots among the religious communities.

  • Popular protest in the big cities in 1919 at first took the non-violent form of a hartal, an Indian “strike” called when the soul is shocked by an injustice.


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