In 1952, Bernie and a small crew braved brutal elements off the coast of Cape Cod to search for a stranded oil tanker that had been broken in half by the storm. (maddwolf.com)
«20 Niebuhr said it is a tragedy that the church cultivates its spirituality by divorcing itself from an understanding of the brutal elements of collective life. (religion-online.org)
When Napoleon failed to invade Russia it was «General Winter» - the brutal elements - that thwarted him. (politics.co.uk)