mauled
Example Sentences
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He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”
From Salon
The closing of “Phantom” means the composer is left with one show on Broadway, the critically mauled “Bad Cinderella.”
From Washington Times
She joked in her opening monologue she would "happily be mauled to death" by Comer in Killing Eve - in which the actress plays a lethal killer.
From BBC
In another seminar, Praet showed off a police photograph of a man who had just been mauled by a police dog.
From Los Angeles Times
A man and a woman in charge of an American XL Bully called "Beast" that mauled Jack to death were jailed last year.
From BBC
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