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The bestialities of the last War were likewise excoriated by German Artist George Grosz.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bestialities of World War I made the romance and optimism of his work go out of fashion, for that era brought the onslaught of symbolism, Freudian introspection, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cancan has taken its place on the boards of every stage in the city, apparently to stay; and the exquisite jota and cachucha are giving way to the bestialities of the casino cadet.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

The reaction against the photographic style, on the other hand, leads to spasmodic efforts to arouse the jaded interest by forced sensationalism, physiological bestialities, and a crude form of the hobgoblin and bogey business.

From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Harrison, Frederic

Observing the facts of life, stating them in clear, definite form, he revealed the petty existence of the people, their happenings, their bestialities, their passions.

From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)