savagery

Example Sentences

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As Simon Elliott describes in his biography “The African Emperor,” Severus was a mercurial and contradictory character, capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity, and always blessed with a sense of the theatrical.

From The Wall Street Journal

His shrieking reactions to his wife’s savagery throw into relief his good nature and her perversity.

From Los Angeles Times

Both realize that the only way they’ll survive the world’s savagery is to take care of each other.

From Salon

That savagery had already reared up in social media spaces before the pandemic fertilized it, but knowing it was already present doesn’t lessen the shock of experiencing versions of it in face-to-face interactions.

From Salon

But even though the wild hunt has commenced, there’s still a lot more occult savagery to come.

From Salon