How to Use savage in a Sentence

savage

1 of 3 adjective
Definition of savagenext
Synonyms for savagenext
  • The coast was lashed by savage storms.
  • He was the victim of a savage attack.
  • He wrote savage satires about people he didn't like.
  • The last part of the class gets even more savage, silly, loud, and weird.
    — Aubree Nichols, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The wide shot of Chris Jericho going off the top of the cage was savage.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • This means that the gamut runs widely, from groping to the most savage rapes.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Trey Dean was more than just the most savage hit of the Crimson Tide season.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The story of that savage battle, fought in the dark at point-blank range, will be the subject of the next Portals.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The rest of what happened is as savage as combat gets and Bellavia put it all in this book.
    — David Martin, CBS News, 25 June 2019
  • But while the audience tuned in, the critics were savage.
    — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The tape of the Saxton fight, available on YouTube, is a frightening reminder of how savage the sport was in the day.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • What the cheerleaders do in some of these movies is downright savage.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Nothing like when your man and baby are more savage than you!
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • What if your friends don't see your sassy and savage selfie caption as cute?
    — Seventeen, 30 June 2022
  • Wendy's, known for its savage clapbacks, had much to say about IHOb's big reveal.
    — Becca Smouse, azcentral, 11 June 2018
  • And that involved a savage murder, the murder of Karen Ermert.
    — CBS News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Teigen is a pro at throwing all kinds of shade at her singer husband, from innocent to the most savage.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 17 July 2018
  • The makeup store clerk played by Kiara Pichardo might be the most savage character on this whole show.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 July 2021
  • This scenic park laps at the base of the Superstition Mountains, a sudden and savage wall of dark stone that rises from the desert floor.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • And then there was Megan Thee Stallion, who lit up an unnamed nemesis with a savage new diss track.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • At its heart is a savage question: When drought is coming for everyone, who owns the flood?
    — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
  • To anyone who knows her well, Petsch is much more likely to flash a bright, toothy grin than sling Cheryl-style, savage AF one-liners.
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The stock market rose during the briefing after a savage drop Monday.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • In fact, the roots of mercy killing in modern times are lodged in the unsavory and downright savage practices of the last century.
    — Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But the digital natives were savage elsewhere on Twitter, while others tried to bridge the gap.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Sport and Sport Plus deliver shifts with savage speed and a satisfying bump of torque.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The great fear in 1997 was that this savage new virus would reassort once more, and gain the superpower of easy human-to-human spread.
    — Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
  • While all of Ari's other exes got their own page in her Burn Book, which was filled with cute pics and savage comments, Mac's page was missing.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 3 Dec. 2018
  • The reviews have been savage, with the film languishing at a doleful 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Pilecki received a savage blow to his mouth that dislodged two molars.
    — Neal Bascomb, WSJ, 12 July 2019
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savage

2 of 3 noun
  • What kind of savage could have committed such a terrible crime?
  • Bowers was caught in a savage blizzard and lost contact with the rest of the team.
    — Ethan Kuperberg, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Megan Thee Stallion is a savage and has the degree to prove it.
    — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • For fans of of smart thrillers with a savage streak, this Nordic tale looks to be right up your dark alley.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • On savage lundy trail heading back to Hites cove trail.
    — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Maraniss, however, shatters the myth of the child-like savage.
    — Louis Moore, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Some savage puns about O.J. Simpson here, who was her dad's client (and also hosted the show in the '70s).
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Some of the best sketches, whether silly or savage, have a tinge of horror.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2022
  • Artistic truth, in her books, is always a savage thing.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
  • But when the song came on, the savage beast turned into a (expletive) kitten.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Lillard was savage after George’s 3-point attempt from the corner hit the side of the backboard against the Nuggets in the fourth quarter.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2020
  • And that involved a savage murder, the murder of Karen Ermert.
    — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2020
  • It’s not their future health at risk in a game of savage violence.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Suzuki passed a chair to Jon Moxley and challenged him to a duel like a savage.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Two ex-convicts are tried for the savage killing of a farm family in 1959 Kansas.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • This gave an American Negro for the first time a sense of himself beyond the savage or a clown.
    — Brandon Tensley and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • Nighttime noises, tame or savage, will jolt many of us awake.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020
  • In many women are oppressed, fight back is savage ways.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Still, Edgar-Jones is quick to rebut any notion that Kya is a savage creature.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2022
  • The bombing of a maternity ward in the city became a global symbol of the savage war.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Was this another Roman hyperbole meant to paint the Britons in a savage light, or is there some truth to it?
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
  • In 1905, a savage Russian pogrom took hundreds of Jewish lives.
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • So instead of vast deficits, the states will have to make savage cuts to public services in the midst of a recession and pandemic.
    — The Economist, 18 June 2020
  • Of the 11 field goals Walker made in his first three games back, none resonated more than his savage slam over Melli.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Instead, it's designed to take savage terrain in stride.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The savage assault seemed eerily similar to the Slaten case.
    — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • But the Fremen, per Herbert, were more than just noble-savage stereotypes.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Drew also put his savage moves to good use during shooting.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • The savage wars that had rocked the former Yugoslavia seemed to be largely avoided, and 15 new sovereign states took their place on the maps and in the United Nations.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Two nights later, Kelly embarked on an even more savage crime spree.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2020
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savage

3 of 3 verb
  • A hurricane savaged the city.
  • He looked like he'd been savaged by a wild animal.
  • The newspapers savaged his reputation.
  • And DiZoglio was savaged in the gossipy halls of the State House.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • This is not the first time that Trump has savaged Sessions publicly.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 30 May 2018
  • Mueller is being daily savaged in the right wing press.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Now, hours before the bill was set to go to the floor, Donald Trump was savaging it before the entire world.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 11 Jan. 2018
  • But the broader picture is that, day in and day out, Trump is bringing up and savaging Crooked Hillary again and again.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
  • And if that means savaging the psyches of thousands of children, so be it.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2018
  • The girl, who was savaged in the attacks, had enormous eyes, a quiet smile and one name: Asifa.
    — Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • On a summer day in a park in Brooklyn, the sun savaged a swarm of actors in sturdy wool coats and pert hats.
    — Alexis Soloski, idahostatesman, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The midi was an old style and shouldn’t have been earth shattering, but the show was savaged by critics.
    — Marlen Komar, Vox, 27 June 2019
  • When Pons and Fleischmann published a paper at last, their work was savaged as a sham.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Though the film plays at both the Sundance and Toronto film festivals, the movie is savaged by many critics.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • So, why, given all of the downsides, did Trump spend his morning savaging Corker?
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 8 Oct. 2017
  • The two men have sparred, but not savaged each other, in previous debates.
    — Glenn Thrush, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2020
  • There is no need to savage the opposing view on Facebook.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Savaged replaced a struggling Osweiler as the starter two weeks ago.
    — Jimmy Durkin, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Rory’s mouth was shiny with grease and Eustace had his face down almost on the plate, the pair savaging at their food with the shameless avidity of children.
    — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • That woman whose cows have been savaged by a lion has taken to keeping her last cow inside.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Plenty of now-classic films bombed at the box office and/or were critically savaged at the time of their release.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Dec. 2018
  • That did not keep Nunes from going on television to savage those very decisions.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2018
  • That changed last year when a mountain lion started coming around at night, savaging her alpacas.
    — sacbee, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Critics savaged Sean Dolan, who started it all, filed a complaint with the university.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • He’d been publicly savaged for days for not closing the city’s school system, and even his own Health Department was in revolt at his inaction.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 16 May 2020
  • But both also got weighed down by their stars, pulling in so-so receptions from audiences (and getting savaged by critics).
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2 June 2017
  • This same ecosystem treats any and all mainstream coverage of Democrats that doesn't savage them as infected by hypocrisy and double standards.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The front-runners savaged one another, clearing the way for Davis to surge in the last weeks of the campaign, win the nomination and, ultimately, the governor's office.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • United behind their queen, the Britons would rise up and savage several Roman settlements.
    — Richard Hingley, National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2019
  • This is the same media that has relentlessly and viciously savaged Trump over his hair, his hands and other aspects of his personal appearance for the best part of the last two years.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017

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