Both drank heavily, and Methot gained a reputation for her violent excesses when under the influence.

His vehement mind had with time been roused to such over-excitement that he might easily be driven into the most violent excesses.

Fundamentalism and its violent excesses, themes that leaders of the ruling party have used so effectively against Pakistan, are now boomeranging.

"Oldboy," Park's most mangalike film, is a kind of visual circus full of violent excess, at once beautiful and painful to watch.

Mayhap Morag did need a violent excess of feeling, the duke thought wryly as he bent down to build up the fire.

Slaveholders feared such violent excesses as those related to the French Revolution after 1789 and the rebellion of slaves in Saint-Domingue.

Author Tim Weiner compares the violent excesses of Phoenix to those associated with the recent Second Iraq War.

Despite occasional violent excesses, he has spun an ingenious, intricate tale that's as astute as it is entertaining.

Last weekend there were violent excesses against peaceful demonstrators in Moscow.