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• A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.From the entry fight
• “He can keep his tongue,” the prince remarks, in a savage mic drop.2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club. From the entry gasper
• “Harold the Wild Boy,” billed as a jungle savage, is in truth a sweethearted scholar.2020 May 16, Lucy Knisley, “Carnival Performer, Newly Separated; Attachment Issues”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry sweethearted
• We are best to hide our treasures from the savage desertian creatures!2018 September 20, E Dane Rogers, The Desert, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry desertian
• We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender). From the entry walkman
• Confronted with the savage defenses, many of the Japanese pilots flinched.2011, James D. Hornfischer, “26: Suicide”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 17…. From the entry kiss of death
• With Hit Girl, Moretz is this year's It Girl, alternately sweet, savage and scary.2010, David Germain, Hilarious ‘Kick-Ass’ delivers bloody fun, Associated Press. From the entry it
• Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however.2009, Evan McHugh, Birdsville, ReadHowYouWant, published 2011, page 139. From the entry sooky
• “Then did we bury those who by the savages had been murtherèd.2005, Henrik Moller, Virginia, Lulu.com, →ISBN, pages 186–187, →ISBN. From the entry æternal
• The voices of recondite writers quoted at length, forgotten storytellers weaving narratives, obscure scholars savaging one another.2004 Autumn, American Scholar, 129. From the entry recondite
• We have two praccies a week, various friendlies and savage league games.1999 April 6, Rob Crossland, “Re: How to join a Clan? etc”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet). From the entry praccy
• The ponymen communicated to each other in a savage, barking tongue that defies translation or transcription.1994 October–December, The Angry Corrie, number 20, page 13. From the entry hellbrew
• Savages of a low degree of civilization are generally little troubled by parturiency.1990, John J. Bonica, The Management of Pain - Volume 2, page 1314. From the entry parturiency
• On February 7th, Wu Peifu put a savage end to the strike.1983, Yu-Chien Kuan, Petra Häring-Kuan, Magnificent China: A Guide to Its Cultural Treasures [中國文化及名勝指南], 1st American edition, San…. From the entry 7th
• "If I ever set eyes on that savage again, I'll kill him.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 29. From the entry talk is cheap
• We must deal with the cerebration of primitive and savage man.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the…. From the entry cerebration
• I have seen him in desperate conflict with savage men, and even with His Majesty's redcoats.1915, John Buchan, Salute to Adventurers. From the entry housekeeper
• The savage gets a headache when his thought is forced to flow in a stream of representation.1914, Boris Sidis, The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology. From the entry asthenia
• The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi]…. From the entry consciousness
• It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white.1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Children are Carried Off”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles…. From the entry noble savage
• Mother of God! but we are well met here, in this wilderness, among the savages.1902, Emerson Hough, The Mississippi Bubble, →ISBN, pages 280–281. From the entry well met
• A fake pass contributed five more, and ram-jams at center and savage jabs at tackle netted ten.1902, The Epworth Herald - Volume 13, page 535. From the entry ram-jam
• The consequence of overcapacity has been a savage price war.2025 September 15, “The brutal fight to dominate Chinese carmaking”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025. From the entry price war
• She writhed and pushed back into me, responding to my probing, licking, circling, my sheer savage feasting on her dirt-box.2021, Jilly Bangs, Free Use World 7-pack. From the entry dirt-box
• British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848. From the entry feel
• After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages.2011, Henry Westwood, AD ASTRA PER ASPERA, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry send off

Meaning of savage

1. adjective Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
2. adjective Barbaric; not civilized.
3. adjective Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.

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How do you use savage in a sentence?

Savage is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “He gave the dog a savage kick.”

What is a short sentence with savage?

“a savage forest”

What does savage mean?

Savage means wild; not cultivated or tamed.