savagery

Example Sentences

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Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Zach Cregger’s viral horror hit winds its way methodically to a climax of such hilarious savagery that you’ll scare yourself with how hard you’re laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

It was hard to look at the savagery of, for example, Selma—as most Americans did, in photographs and on television—and not see what was wrong.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

If you thought that the departure of the Romans caused the British Isles to descend into mindless savagery that would not be reversed until the Norman Conquest in 1066, think again.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall