mauled
Example Sentences
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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 treasures that trait even as he has hidden it beneath armor to avoid “being too badly mauled by the vicissitudes of life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
Matthew, as his own son Trev would later reflect, had always “felt mauled by Aldous and burdened by his massive family legacy,” as he said in a video interview in December, 2023.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
In 2019, an 83-year-old homeless man was mauled by a black bear while sleeping in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
It’s like those horror movies where the person about to be mauled to death could have saved herself if she’d taken only one more step but she stops to be polite or something.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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