5 sentences with 'thugs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word thugs and other words derived from it.
• « The "knights" were often little more than thugs who had the distinction of a minor noble title and the ability to afford arms and armour. »
• « The fascists organised themselves into paramilitary units of thugs known as the Blackshirts (after their party-issued uniforms) and engaged in open street fighting against the Communists, breaking strikes, attacking Communist leaders, destroying Communist newspaper offices and intimidating voters in Communist-leaning neighbourhoods and communities. »
• « Fascist politicians ran for the Italian parliament while their gangs of thugs terrorised the opposition. »
• « "As things now stand," Hammond wrote, "he [Hampton] is a convicted scoundrel who, not having the courage to redress his own wrongs, set thugs to do it for him..... To challenge me [to a duel] would be to throw himself on my mercy because he knows I am not obliged to meet him [for a duel]". »