savage

Example Sentences

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“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

In England the media coverage of refereeing is savage.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Fears that artificial intelligence products will butcher the business models of software-as-a-service companies has caused savage selling in their stocks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

The soils are fragile red laterite and the rain is savage.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver