mauled
Example Sentences
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Days before a Times reporter visited Matson’s property, a pack of wild dogs dug under his fence and fatally mauled his only surviving adult ostrich, Bam Bam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Despite her harrowing experience, Stewart said she doesn't want to be remembered as "a girl that got mauled on the beach".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
She went on to be the UN rights chief, a sensitive role in which she alienated some countries, especially China, which mauled her for reporting on Beijing's alleged abuses of the country's Uyghur minority group.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
More recently, he appeared in “Fallout” just long enough for his character to be mauled to death by a mutant bear.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
He ambled toward me with his clothes in tatters, like he’d gotten mauled by a bear.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
