savagery

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Recent Examples of savagery When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024 Whatever Pratt imagined for Indian schools as an answer to Indian persecution, the schools became, in the early decades especially, places of repression, punishment, and occasional savagery. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 Golding's singular debut novel, with its group of prepubescent boys stranded on an uninhabited island, highlights the delicate balance between civilization and savagery. The Week Us, theweek, 24 Sep. 2024 There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for savagery

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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagery. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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