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 • Mar. 19, 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
"We're not going to allow this kind of savagery to destroy our society anymore," Trump said at a memorandum-signing in the Oval Office.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 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
She is rich but decadent, a writhing vipers’ nest of savagery and toxic allure.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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