spate of violence

She died in an earlier spate of violence last week.

But the latest spate of violence appears to many to be more serious.

The recent spate of violence began in early October, when four shootings occurred within three days.

High School after a spate of violence involving weapons at the school.

The spate of violence was a backdrop for political uncertainty that Mexicans found hard to believe.

The toll of the brief spate of violence was still being determined last night.

He was also charged with attempted murder for the third shooting, in what appeared to be a spontaneous spate of violence.

A spate of violence following the disputed 2007 presidential elections also damaged the country's reputation.

According to many, the recent spate of violence is nothing more than a desperate attempt by a dying trade to reassert itself.

The spate of violence ran its course: he rested his hands gently on her shoulders, wanting to comfort, but she turned away.

Even with the recent spate of violence in Victoria there were no guards in sight.

This spate of violence comes as the city is set to hold a by-election for a seat in the provincial assembly.

Could that be a reason for the seeming spate of violence committed by younger and younger boys?

The vote condemned Israel for a spate of violence that has left nearly 100 dead - mostly Palestinians - in the past two weeks.

Three men were killed and two critically injured during a spate of violence across the city Friday night and early yesterday morning, the authorities said.

For the townspeople here, the spate of violence has daunted more than a mere sense of physical safety.

This recent spate of violence seemed to have left some residents off balance, as if local streets that they knew by heart had been rearranged without warning.

The day was accompanied by a spate of violence in which at least 66 people were killed in gunbattles, suicide strikes, and roadside bombs.

The lack of tangible dividends has contributed to the worst spate of violence since the present national state of emergency was declared in June 1986.

Together, the attacks represented the deadliest spate of violence since a huge truck bomb destroyed the Sadriya market in central Baghdad one month ago.

And nonpartisan election experts who have scouted Natal fear a spate of violence designed to frighten rival enclaves from going to the polls.

Mr President, I should like to condemn strongly the recent spate of violence in Sri Lanka.

The rights group, the Progress Foundation, said that spate of violence has mocked the disarmament effort and raised the specter of future violence.

The President said he did not want to use the word "epidemic" in describing today's killings and similar spates of violence, in schools and on the streets.

The concern about the spate of violence was just as strong in Boerum Hill, where Leonardo Laziza's mother said she did not feel any safer.