cannibalistic
Example Sentences
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“The prose is incredible and it absolutely was a cut above. Not to use a cannibalistic meat pun.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But Green, who oversaw that recovery project, said the bog bush cricket would be more difficult to rear because it can be cannibalistic and has a longer, two-year life cycle.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
If to be copied can bring death upon the original, this is never more true than in the cannibalistic relationship between art and life.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
The invasion of the cannibalistic crickets has hit especially hard in Elko, a small town of about 20,000 near Idaho and Utah known for its gold mining.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The carriages rolled past Sitting Bull’s Cabin, the Lapland Village, the compound of the allegedly cannibalistic Dahomans, and, directly opposite, the California Ostrich Farm, redolent of simmering butter and eggs.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
