mauling

Example Sentences

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Reasons for their absence include cost-cutting, a growing preference for tightly controlled social media-led launches, and the risk that a mauling from the Cannes critics can doom a movie.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

In a sport that was long defined by a handful of powerhouse programs mauling everyone in their path, Cinderella has finally crashed college football’s party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Before Townsend took charge, Scotland had gone 10 years without a victory over the English, the nadir being a record 61-21 mauling at Twickenham in 2017.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Romy is so caught up in her business that she’s nearly attacked by a dog on the street until a handsome stranger gives a whistle and stops the mauling moments before disaster.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

“I suppose in Weep they just go around mauling one another like bear wrestlers.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor