How to Use maul in a Sentence

maul

verb
Definition of maulnext
Synonyms for maulnext
  • A bear killed one hiker and badly mauled the other.
  • Eye will not roll over when Shevchenko tries to maul her.
    — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 7 June 2019
  • Both her hands were mauled trying to pry open the shark's jaws.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 14 June 2019
  • The Swiss mauled the Brazilians with 19 fouls, many of which were against Neymar.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 June 2018
  • But the coyote chased them and caught up with the boy, mauling him and biting him in the back of the head.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 June 2023
  • The people who get mauled are the people who run, and climb trees, and yell at them.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 14 May 2019
  • They were mauled the Vikings run game and didn’t score any points until garbage time.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Texas A&M was a fringe Top 25 team recently, and the Tigers mauled them.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Last August, a 57-year-old woman was mauled to death in the city by a loose dog.
    — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2019
  • And four years ago, 4-year-old Xavier Strickland was mauled to death by three dogs on the west side.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2019
  • By the time a warden arrived on the scene, the dogs had badly mauled two elk calves.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Each day my own baby fell down the stairs, died in her sleep, choked on a grape, was mauled by a stray dog.
    — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Myers said Brooks was severely mauled, with wounds to the legs, head, face and neck.
    — Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 22 May 2018
  • Morgan is getting mauled and Rapinoe has vanished from the game on the left.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 24 June 2019
  • But, even though bears are nothing new, it's been years since anyone's been mauled.
    — Author: Mitch Borden, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2018
  • Initially, deputies said the dogs’ owner had been mauled by one or more of his pit bulls.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • So far this year, a bear bit a hiker in Aspen, and a sow mauled an 85-year-old woman in Craig, Clay said.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 2 July 2019
  • On November 6, a group called Just Stop Oil sent two goons with hammers to maul the picture.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Other commenters just call for the next bear this guy harasses to maul him.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
  • Now, instead, the bear goes on a rampage and brutally mauls a bunch of people.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But her dream soon turned into a nightmare on May 17th when she was mauled by a bear while working alone.
    — Cydney Henderson, azcentral, 24 May 2018
  • Melanie Griffith, mauled near the eye, needed plastic surgery.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Now, imagine the same scene if your best friend, you or someone close to you had been mauled by a bear two years earlier.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Lions mauled: Raiders hold on to beat Detroit, 31-24, on Sunday.
    — Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • An Alabama man was found dead on July 29 after he was mauled by a pack of dogs.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His mauling style of tackling was worthy of a grizzly bear.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Videos of rotten fruit mauled by maggots played in the elevators whisking guests to the 18th floor.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Earlier this month, a 17-year-old surfer was mauled by a shark while swimming off Atlantic Beach.
    — Chris Hopkins | Chopkins@pennlive.com, nola.com, 19 June 2019
  • Last week, Brissett didn't have to do much other than hand the ball off as his running game mauled the Jaguars en route to a blowout victory.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The owner of three dogs that fatally mauled a 9-year-old girl has been charged with murder, with bond set at $2 million cash.
    — Emma Keith, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019

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