The sheer brutality of the thought was what stopped him, held him for an instant.

He could be charming in his behaviour, and the next moment display sheer brutality.

Sometimes I despair at the creeping callousness and sheer brutality that is entering public life.

He seems to act almost on pure instinct, which often manifests as sheer overpowering brutality.

Some recoiled from the sheer brutality of the violence (which also defaced Germany's image).

The sheer brutality of the violence "startled" the entire country.

But the sheer brutality of the act provided the deeper mystery.

Even a solitary criminal, he says, "demands peace in his own home, and, if need be, gets it by sheer brutality.

He hopes to combine his theoretical interests "in the sheer brutality of economic forces" with an active commercial practice that gets things built.

Mental illness affected prisoners traumatised by the sheer brutality of guards.