savage

This savage, amoral and unfeeling Robin Hood has been written to invert everything modern fans like about him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

What the LP lacks in soul and intellect it makes up for in savage energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

“The water comes out in very fast movements, with a high velocity, and it scrapes away all these materials” from the valley, said Sattar, creating a “hyper-concentrated” flood that is savage in its power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The incident led to the publication of a first dishevelled mugshot, a savage contrast to thousands of glorious pictures that had celebrated his status as an all-conquering champion.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

The sun burned down on them with savage heat as they stood around the open dank grave.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown-ups going to think?” cries Piggy, the book’s preteen standard-bearer for logic and civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

"We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens; we are humans and we are Americans," the singer said after being given the Grammy for Best Musica Urbana Album.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

His uncompromising hostility toward revolutionaries inspired Thomas Paine to remark in 1776, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families.”

From National Geographic ● Jul. 3, 2023

"It's dangerous there, people have become savages and they hate each other. I tried to stay there so my kids could be close to their family, but I couldn't continue because nobody helped me."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2023

"What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grownups going to think? Going off hunting pigs letting fires out and now!"

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Though critics savaged the movie, opening night audiences gave it an average grade of A-, according to market research firm CinemaScore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

England were savaged back home following the defeat on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

How could I sit back when my friend’s guava tree continued to be routinely ransacked and my co-worker’s avocados savaged and tossed to the ground with grubby-pawed abandon?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2024

Pine’s yarn was savaged when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, but the sour response is a bit like getting mad at a golden retriever for rolling around in the grass.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

I told him, and I am telling you now, that although she’d been savaged by her awful disease, she was a beautiful woman.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Landau was aware of what constituted crowd appeal, but is too good-natured to savage many of the people along the way who perhaps deserve savaging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Meanwhile, a federal judge has been savaging LAHSA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

People would keep one eye on their bank accounts for missed deposits and the other on Wall Street, where concerns over the nation's creditworthiness could be savaging the value of people's life savings.

From Reuters ● May 23, 2023

Each candidate has been savaging the other as a creature of Washington.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

The last thing he needed just now was his wolf savaging the skinchanger’s boar.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin