barbaric

Example Sentences

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This statement, spoken through mechanical narration that makes it all the more barbaric, made my heart sink and my teeth grit.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

One reason may be that many of the incarcerated are in bad shape and would embarrass the barbaric Ms. Rodríguez, who tries to cultivate a persona of civility by dressing like Imelda Marcos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

But "he's not the monster or the barbaric prisoner that they're saying," said Ada, whom AFP contacted through his lawyer.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

“The only condition,” Burke notes, “is that the technique is ‘not deemed unconstitutional’—which opens the floodgates to a host of barbaric ideas.”

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover