Examples of savagery in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web In the Buffalo grocery store, where four employees were shot, the savagery and planning were evident: Mr. Gendron was armed with an assault weapon and wore body armor, the police said. — New York Times, 15 May 2022 Embedded in these brutal games is the childish logic — perfectly rational in their circumstances — that savagery is a prerequisite for love. — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022 Part of it was the savagery of the attack at Torrey Pines State Beach. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022 In the Buffalo grocery store, where four employees were shot, the savagery and planning were evident: Mr. Gendron was armed with an assault weapon and wore body armor, the police said. — New York Times, 15 May 2022 But the riot during Querétaro’s match with Atlas of Guadalajara stood out for its savagery and the fact its horrific results were captured and shared on social media. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 The book stresses Cromwell’s worst qualities, particularly his savagery toward his royalist countrymen. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021 In the Buffalo grocery store, where four employees were shot, the savagery and planning were evident: Mr. Gendron was armed with an assault weapon and wore body armor, the police said. — New York Times, 14 May 2022 White Americans, including Barrows, saw tribal settlements as the epitome of savagery. — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2022 See More

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