savage

Iggy Pop’s ability to stay shirtless and savage at 79 goes beyond scientific explanation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Early reviewers, writes Ms. Lutz, found the book “too gloomy, savage, and eccentric.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

And he won another Tony for his savage portrayal of Roy M. Cohn in the Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s two-part epic, “Angels in America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

In a third-quarter that made you rub your eyes in disbelief, Scotland were adventurous and attritional; lethal in scoring tries and savage in the collision areas.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

The eyes were peering at them, full of savage cunning.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“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

As she’s all too fond of telling us, we are raising savages with all our new theories about talking, not spanking.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

England were savaged back home following the defeat on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate a part of California that has been savaged by wildfire for a second day running.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

During a nearly three-hour-long summation, Blanche savaged Cohen with that word, dubbing him a “G.L.O.A.T.,” or the greatest liar of all time.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2024

He was savaged by a boar whilst hunting in the kingswood .

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

It emphasized the long-standing national tradition of cartoons savaging public figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

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