feral
Example Sentences
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Cats, domestic and feral, together take another billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Scream queen Samara Weaving has an extraordinary yell: shrill, feral and ferocious, like a mongoose before it goes on the attack.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
His first presidential campaign in 2016 was marked by a feral but highly developed gut instinct for what the public wanted, or at least what it thought it wanted.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
They also claimed improved monitoring and "strengthened biosecurity" is needed to prevent any potential spread of disease from feral pigs to domestic animals,
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
I realized that my breath was hissing through my clenched teeth, my Ups pulled back in a feral grin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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