How to Use maul in a Sentence

maul

1 of 2 noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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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