mauled
Example Sentences
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He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”
From Salon
In 2009, the park made international headlines after a rare white tiger mauled a zoo keeper to death in front of horrified tourists.
From BBC
A handler was mauled to death by a white tiger inside the park in 2009.
From Barron's
The Yemeni Houthis have been severely mauled by Israeli air power, with little to show for their many attempts to attack the Jewish state.
Tyrese Gibson faces one charge of cruelty to animals stemming from a September incident in Fulton County, Ga., that left a neighbor’s 5-year-old dog mauled and dead.
From Los Angeles Times
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