The savagery of the attack was horrifying. an act of pure savagery the savageries committed by the soldiers
Recent Examples on the WebThe term deportation invokes a kind of authoritarian dignity—Napoleon on Elba, say—papering over the terror of outright savagery in the abduction of millions of defenseless Jews torn from their homes. Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 On camera, though, Moss has an almost alien self-possession, channelling extreme states of trauma, rage, fear, or savagery. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022 Yehor was leading his parents, Natasha and Sasha, his sister, Tasya, and his grandmother, Lyudmila, on a tour of Bucha, the quaint suburb of Kyiv that has become synonymous with Russian savagery.New York Times, 18 July 2022 If the face is the mirror of the mind, as Saint Jerome observed, then what happens when the face is disfigured by the savagery of war? Sharrona Pearl, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 Just as the siege and destruction of Mariupol became emblematic of the savagery of the war in its early months, the fight for Sievierodonetsk offered a window into the brutal nature of the Russian offensive in the east. Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 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 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 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 See More