Past tense of maul
regular verb
The past tense of maul is mauled. The past participle is also mauled.
Forms of maul
| Base form (V1) | maul /mɔːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mauled |
| Past participle (V3) | mauled |
| Present participle | mauling |
| Third person singular | mauls |
Mauled in a sentence
- The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
- The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 26:02 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov...
- On the field, Brown thwarted triple-teams, mauled quarterbacks and stuffed running lanes.2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Times. From the entry running lane
- Any fresh idea is immediately pounced on and mauled to death.1952, Harold Innis, The Strategy of Culture, University of Toronto Press, Footnote 86. From the entry coiner
- In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides. From the entry menagerie
Meaning of maul
- noun A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- noun A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- noun The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
Questions about the past tense of maul
- What is the past tense of maul?
- The past tense of maul is mauled.
- What is the past participle of maul?
- The past participle of maul is mauled.
- Is maul a regular or irregular verb?
- Maul is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maul (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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