Example Sentences

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As the finale of “Sad But True” decays through the rear echelons of the stadium, Trujillo indulges in a brief, violent bass solo/downtuning session, crouched bestially over his instrument and thrumming the loosened strings.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2013

This time out, two plucky dogs named Rowf and Snitter escape from an experimental station in the English Lake District, where they have been treated bestially by doctors.

From Time Magazine Archive

The foundations of their life are rotten-utterly and bestially rotten.

From Under the Deodars by Kipling, Rudyard

The young man spoke again, grimacing and smirking bestially, and Toppy waited for no more.

From The Snow-Burner by Oyen, Henry

If England is not ridiculously fastidious, then how bestially grovelling must be the spirit of social intercourse in his own land!

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)