Example sentences for: violently

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

  • However, some 50,000 years ago one side of it slid, violently, into the sea, leaving behind a gigantic bay with a semi-circumference of 25 km (15.5 miles) and cliffs of up to 1,000 m (3,280 ft).

  • The action is surreal, the emotions are violently real.

  • His double burden: Management doesn't want to address the issue, and many of his fellow factory workers are violently homophobic (literally).

  • Yes, editor Gordon Lish used a heavy hand in shaping Carver's early voice (rewriting long passages, violently cutting text, changing the tone).

  • Unlike sodium, free potassium reacts violently with water, liberating gaseous hydrogen ; but like sodium, potassium is rarely free and much more apt to be encountered in compounds.


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