Meanwhile, ad hoc Iraqi responses grew increasingly brutal and indiscriminate.

These instances of violence became increasingly brutal.

Boxing became increasingly brutal over the centuries.

The Answer City 800 hot-line program was a victim of increasingly brutal price competition, the company said.

The lessons from Nigeria are all too clear - and increasingly brutal and bloody.

Paulus' troops fought the defending Soviet troops holding Stalingrad over three months in increasingly brutal urban warfare.

Which is entirely appropriate to Sam Shepard's 1980 story of two brothers locked in an increasingly brutal, increasingly funny struggle for identity.

The game had become increasingly brutal with the introduction of mass formation.

The torture became increasingly brutal while the spiritual content decreased.

As Mr. Doe's rule became increasingly brutal, many Liberians, knowing his victory was not legitimate, were emboldened to challenge him.