savagery

Example Sentences

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Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

This cyclical siphoning becomes a ritual for Agatha, as illustrated by a truly incredible sequence that lets Hahn don through-the-decades drag as she proves that her savagery is timeless.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Tom was a nice mixture of savagery and gentleness.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck