savage

Example Sentences

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“The water comes out in very fast movements, with a high velocity, and it scrapes away all these materials” from the valley, said Sattar, creating a “hyper-concentrated” flood that is savage in its power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The lyrics to the haunting piece say: "How does it feel to be a savage and a beast?"

From BBC • Feb. 19, 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

Fears that artificial intelligence products will butcher the business models of software-as-a-service companies has caused savage selling in their stocks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

That was the man’s real trouble, not the savage and uncanny civilizations he encountered—he kept forgetting what he had.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead