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Definition of Savaging
1. savage [v] - See also: savage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savaging
Literary usage of Savaging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"... and savaging—Kicking and striking out in front—1'awing at night—Pawing back
the litter—Rubbing the tail—Sleeping standing—Difficult to harness and ..."
2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"said he, waving the luckless mouse aloft in the most approved fashion, with one
foot on the staircase, and the savaging pack around him. ..."
3. Illustrated Horse Breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1889)
"savaging at polo may be easily cured in this manner. ... I confine the
expression, "savaging," to the habit some animals have of worrying the object of ..."
4. Sub-Saharan Africa & U.S. National Interests by Don Henk, Anthony D. Marley, John P. Brooks (1998)
"He gives the proponents a fair hearing—-they probably feel their thoughts have
been oversimplified and significant nuances ignored—before savaging them. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that wherein I mean to
die. n Steep are the seas and savaging and cold In broken waters terrible to ..."
6. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"These historic low oil prices are savaging capital expenditure budgets with cuts
of 20 to 40 percent so far. Without investment, reserves cannot be replaced ..."
7. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"As Billy lay supine in the dirt, Alan heard a distant howl, not like a wolf, but
like a thing that a wolf had caught and was savaging with its jaws. ..."
8. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"... and savaging—Kicking and striking out in front—1'awing at night—Pawing back
the litter—Rubbing the tail—Sleeping standing—Difficult to harness and ..."
9. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"said he, waving the luckless mouse aloft in the most approved fashion, with one
foot on the staircase, and the savaging pack around him. ..."
10. Illustrated Horse Breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1889)
"savaging at polo may be easily cured in this manner. ... I confine the
expression, "savaging," to the habit some animals have of worrying the object of ..."
11. Sub-Saharan Africa & U.S. National Interests by Don Henk, Anthony D. Marley, John P. Brooks (1998)
"He gives the proponents a fair hearing—-they probably feel their thoughts have
been oversimplified and significant nuances ignored—before savaging them. ..."
12. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that wherein I mean to
die. n Steep are the seas and savaging and cold In broken waters terrible to ..."
13. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"These historic low oil prices are savaging capital expenditure budgets with cuts
of 20 to 40 percent so far. Without investment, reserves cannot be replaced ..."
14. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"As Billy lay supine in the dirt, Alan heard a distant howl, not like a wolf, but
like a thing that a wolf had caught and was savaging with its jaws. ..."
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