savage

Its savage truth explains Black folks’ deep compassion for British scholar Jason Arday, and the widespread anger over concerted efforts to assassinate his character before he was found dead.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

It was the longest city siege in the savage history of modern warfare.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

I stayed up many nights just to write, a hunger in my belly and a savage appetite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

But under million-dollar luxury apartments chilled by whirling air conditioners, tenants in one of Seoul's last shanty towns suffer headaches in the savage heat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Cluny was a bilge rat; the biggest, most savage rodent that ever jumped from ship to shore.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“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

“We’re not savages, you know. In fact, we’re quite civilized.”

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Laughing, he added: "Even if they're not, they might watch anyway in the vague hope that I might get savaged by something."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

After Anthony’s dog savaged another man’s hog—hogs being precious in New Netherland—the couple was banished in 1639 to Long Island, where the two started a new life on land the Dutch wished to colonize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

We’ve been dealt a nigh-unbearable hand when two of our communities were utterly savaged by fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

It savaged patients and snaked like chain lightning out from the hospital through patients’ families.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it snapped its beak fiercely at him and carried on savaging the coat.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling