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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

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

His mind skated to a consideration of a tamed town where savagery could not set foot.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding