How to Use domestic violence in a Sentence

domestic violence

noun
Definition of domestic violencenext
Synonyms for domestic violencenext
  • Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland has been cleared of two charges of felony domestic violence.
    — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In 12 of those cases, one of the sons was charged with committing domestic violence.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Now, a group of women who survived domestic violence is flipping the script, and healing their own traumas in the process.
    — Andrei Popoviciu, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The domestic violence call resulted in no arrests, but police there split the couple up for the night.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In addition to the DWI, Ross had a prior domestic violence charge.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The filings are part of the divorce and domestic violence proceedings between Yu and Chen, both of whom are doctors in Irvine.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In a statement, the department described the child as a victim of domestic violence.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The rate of domestic violence in the Navajo Nation is 10 times higher than the U.S. average.
    — Sam Russek, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The team studying brains exposed to domestic violence expected to find at least a few cases of CTE.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Thank you for pointing out that emotional abuse is indeed abuse and a form of domestic violence.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • They were believed to be with 45-year-old Kelly Phelps, a man police say has a history of domestic violence.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In 2016, she was sentenced to probation in a domestic violence case.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Police arrested the man’s son, 23, of Cleveland Heights, on a domestic violence charge.
    — cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • There are thousands of children, some with moms who were fleeing domestic violence, some children who were in the child-welfare system.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
  • One awardee, who is a victim of domestic violence and single mom, has been living in a shelter since last year, and dreams of becoming a nurse anesthetist.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The reality is that, more likely than not, if there has been one incident of domestic violence, there will be more.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The next month, Jackson filed a response to her request for a domestic violence restraining order against him.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Almost half of the women surveyed pointed to domestic violence as the direct cause of their homelessness.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • In its Florida form, the LAP consists of 12 questions police must ask the victim when responding to a domestic violence call.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In some cases, DCF action can also lead a judge to take children from domestic violence victims.
    — Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • He was involved in a 2016 domestic violence call that did not result in an arrest, according to Waters.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • And a new pilot program on the city's near south side will send advocates with officers directly to scenes of domestic violence.
    — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Paul was charged Tuesday with two felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child and one felony count of aggravated assault, according to Salt Lake County court records.
    — Olivia Niland, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Cole is wanted by police in relation to a domestic violence incident on March 31, according to the New York Post.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The actor has two previous arrests on his record, as he was charged with fourth-degree felony assault in August and pled guilty to two domestic violence misdemeanor charges in 2021.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • This incredible hiker and mom of 11 was a survivor of domestic violence who went on long walks in her native Ohio to escape her abusive husband.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The four women are among nearly 40 domestic violence survivors CBS News spoke to over the course of a two-year investigation who reported abuse to the military.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Arenas filed a domestic violence restraining order the next day, but it was canceled almost a month later.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Simpson, who had pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge against Nicole Brown Simpson when they were married, was considered a person of interest in the killings and charges were filed against him.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In a follow-up case that experts say tests the reach of the high court’s Bruen decision, the justices are weighing whether domestic violence offenders can be legally disarmed.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'domestic violence.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: