mauled

Example Sentences

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He treasures that trait even as he has hidden it beneath armor to avoid “being too badly mauled by the vicissitudes of life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

Matthew, as his own son Trev would later reflect, had always “felt mauled by Aldous and burdened by his massive family legacy,” as he said in a video interview in December, 2023.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

He mentioned the Golden Gophers having beaten conference front-runner Michigan, their excellent help defense and their having mauled USC in the paint last weekend during a victory at the Galen Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Lisa Willis, who was mauled by an XL bully months after the ban, said the attack had felt like a "horror movie" and the law was "useless".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

And he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck