6 sentences with 'savage'
Example sentences and phrases with the word savage and other words derived from it.
• « The Catholic armies were particularly savage in the conflict, living off the land and slaughtering those who opposed them. »
• « Warfare, while still bloody, was nowhere near as savage and chaotic as it had been during the Wars of Religion, thanks in large part to the fact that it was now conducted by professional soldiers answering to noble officers, rather than mercenaries who were simply unleashed against an enemy and told to live off the land (i.e. the peasants) while doing so. »
• « The traditional European narrative of exploration presents the Spanish victory over the Aztecs as an example of European superiority over the savage Indians. However, the reality is much more complex. »
• « Revenge killings and property destruction became the mainstays of the savage civil war that ravaged the South. »
• « Indians also appeared frequently in art. George Catlin painted many pictures of native peoples, which he offered as truthful depictions despite usually emphasising their supposed savage nature. »