savage
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What the LP lacks in soul and intellect it makes up for in savage energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
On its release, BBC music correspondent Mark Savage described West End Girl as "a savage and startlingly detailed portrait of a marriage being torn apart".
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
I knew the rough distances of the stages and the distance between aid stations, but we were out here for a primal, even savage experience, and sometimes the distances were off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Lord Asriel was a tall man with powerful shoulders, a fierce dark face, and eyes that seemed to flash and glitter with savage laughter.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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