feral
Example Sentences
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Scream queen Samara Weaving has an extraordinary yell: shrill, feral and ferocious, like a mongoose before it goes on the attack.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
They also claimed improved monitoring and "strengthened biosecurity" is needed to prevent any potential spread of disease from feral pigs to domestic animals,
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
The sweet, slightly feral smell of soil shrugging off ice.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Among the precursors of the two-part documentary “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is Francois Truffaut’s “The Wild Child” of 1970, the dramatized story of Victor of Aveyron, the celebrated feral enfant of late 1700s France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
But when she danced, it was with a feral grace, a controlled wildness that had been preserved secretly in her body.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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