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

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

Lately, I’ve come to prefer Jackman as a showman over a savage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Our critic said that in it influencer culture “is satirized with savage wit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

He felt stunned; it was as though a beloved pet had turned suddenly savage; what had the Prince been thinking to copy such a spell into his book?

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“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're humans," he added from the stage after his win for best musicá urbana album.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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

"Well, we won't be painted," said Ralph, "because we aren't savages."

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

England were savaged back home following the defeat on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

Kim Kardashian has poked fun at critics who savaged her new legal TV drama by posting screen shots of fans deciding to tune in after seeing the terrible reviews.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

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

This week, reality TV show star Spencer Pratt posted multiple videos on social media savaging a proposed state bill on wildfire rebuilding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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

But the show’s prolonged savaging by critics, who offended most of all by what they saw as Hirshfield’s crudeness and incompetence.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

Leah went on the attack, savaging Ruth Culver’s reputation in the newspapers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock