How to Use maul in a Sentence

maul

1 of 2 noun
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  • The ax and a maul, used for splitting wood, were found in the home.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Police also found a sock that the killer may have used when holding the maul.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • York then allegedly threw a lighter at the family member and chased both with a maul.
    — Fox News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Milton worked the ball into the offensive zone pretty steadily and scored on mauls near the goal line.
    — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • Elgin City Councilmember Toby Shaw didn't know a scrum from a maul or a ruck.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Years of experience lends one the ability to look at a chunk of wood and figure out where the knots are and where to strike and split with the splitting maul.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Each time a beam was laid down, Ole laid down caulking and then drove in big metal spikes with a maul to hold the timbers together.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • What possessed him to swing his right elbow flush into the face of Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright at a 49th-minute maul is anyone’s guess.
    — Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Did a Bigfoot maul and kill three men on a cannabis farm in Northern California?
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The constant tone of derision in all their conversations would split them apart faster than a maul splits a log.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 27 May 2021
  • South Africa looked to control proceedings with its big forward pack throughout the match and enjoyed dominance in the scrum and maul.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Fiskars Pro IsoCore Generations of log-splitters have felt the sting of a maul handle during missed swings.
    — The Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Uruguay flanker Santiago Civetta’s yellow card for a professional foul opened the way for a Wales penalty try from a rolling maul, and 21-6.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • This time the ball was adjudged to have been passed forward in the maul -- a controversial decision which left English supporters in the crowd shaking their heads.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 26 Oct. 2019
  • New Zealand followed up a perfect lineout with a perfect maul, then an inch-perfect cross-field and a perfect ruck to allow Matt Todd to score.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 19 Oct. 2019
  • More than just the maul, the English had a dominant scrum and lineout, and also used a pinpoint kicking game to break down the Americans and open them up for England’s backs to run through in the second half.
    — Gerald Imray, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Paylor’s injury occurred during a maul, according to the Mercury News, which is when a group of players crunches together to create forward momentum on the player with the ball, while their opponents bind similarly and push back.
    — Marissa Payne, The Denver Post, 11 May 2017
  • The ax and a maul, used for splitting wood, were found in the home.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Police also found a sock that the killer may have used when holding the maul.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • York then allegedly threw a lighter at the family member and chased both with a maul.
    — Fox News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Milton worked the ball into the offensive zone pretty steadily and scored on mauls near the goal line.
    — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • Elgin City Councilmember Toby Shaw didn't know a scrum from a maul or a ruck.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Years of experience lends one the ability to look at a chunk of wood and figure out where the knots are and where to strike and split with the splitting maul.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Each time a beam was laid down, Ole laid down caulking and then drove in big metal spikes with a maul to hold the timbers together.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • What possessed him to swing his right elbow flush into the face of Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright at a 49th-minute maul is anyone’s guess.
    — Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Did a Bigfoot maul and kill three men on a cannabis farm in Northern California?
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The constant tone of derision in all their conversations would split them apart faster than a maul splits a log.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 27 May 2021
  • South Africa looked to control proceedings with its big forward pack throughout the match and enjoyed dominance in the scrum and maul.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Fiskars Pro IsoCore Generations of log-splitters have felt the sting of a maul handle during missed swings.
    — The Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Uruguay flanker Santiago Civetta’s yellow card for a professional foul opened the way for a Wales penalty try from a rolling maul, and 21-6.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
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maul

2 of 2 verb
  • 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 | [email protected], 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 outlet also reported that the lion mauled the man to death within 10 minutes.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024

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