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How to use maul in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Maul means a heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. Example: “The bear mauled him in a terrible way.”

Examples of maul by meaning

verbTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

  • 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...
  • A tiger handler who had acquired some of his tigers from the zoo owner known as Joe Exotic was fatally mauled on Saturday by a tiger at his family-run zoo in southeastern Oklahoma, the authorities said.2025 September 22, Michael Levenson, “Tiger Handler Linked to Joe Exotic Is Fatally Mauled by Tiger”, in The New York Times, New York...

verbTo criticise harshly.

  • The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.

verbTo play rough, to fondle intensively.

  • 28 year old big, burly, bearded grizzly looking for other bears to maul me!1990 January 21, “Fuck Buddy/ies wanted”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 27, Personals, page 13

More sentences with maul

  • 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
  • Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe?1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 4, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 88. From the entry froe
  • I want to be able to maul those poor dead beasties.1996 July 12, Andrew S. Wheat, “My Quake wishlist”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet). From the entry gibbable
  • 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
  • I had Sunday lunch with Hanna and Vickie, Rocky mauling a catnipped cloth mouse in the corner of the kitchen.2012, Jeremiah Healy, Swan Dive. From the entry catnipped
  • 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

  1. noun A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
  2. 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.
  3. noun The fruit of the Washingtonia species.

Full definition of maul

Questions about maul in a sentence

How do you use maul in a sentence?
Maul is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The bear mauled him in a terrible way.”
What is a short sentence with maul?
“The bear mauled him in a terrible way.”
What does maul mean?
Maul means a heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

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