How to Use carnage in a Sentence

carnage

noun
Definition of carnagenext
Synonyms for carnagenext
  • Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage.
  • Daly, well back of the pack while still a lap down, managed to avoid the carnage.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And hundreds gather along the route to cheer them on (or watch the carnage).
    — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The biologists didn’t know what to make of the carnage.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The carnage was the work of just two orcas, nicknamed Port and Starboard, who are known to hunt sharks in the region.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Sarah Sherman and Molly Kearney jump in to stop the carnage.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Then, as now, many in the West responded to the carnage by criticizing the Jews.
    — Shany Mor, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Somehow, Palou managed to avoid all the carnage of the race’s final 20 laps and finish 4th.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2023
  • And the same might go for the narrator of The Shards, who isn’t exactly forthcoming about his role in the carnage of the book’s plot.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • In both Uvalde and Sandy Hook, horrific images of the carnage were not released to the public.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • At this time, it is not known whether Iran had any specific role in the carnage in Israel.
    — Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Wilczewski just wants the images in her head - a constant replay of carnage - to stop.
    — Joe Heim, Justin Wm. Moyer and Marissa J. Lang, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The carnage at the Funki offices is gooier as well, with more blood on the back wall of an elevator.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • As Pumpkinhead begins picking off the teens one by one, Ed has a change of heart and attempts to put a stop to the carnage.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Those who witnessed the carnage, those who lost a loved one, would require special care.
    — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • This commitment to carnage was, it should be said, unusual in the era.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Three people ran into The Clam House, a seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from the carnage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The site of the day’s carnage is a small village half an hour by car from Sofia, capital of Bulgaria.
    — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Police said one employee who was in a back break room escaped the carnage.
    — Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Journalists are taught to watch the murder of hundreds for the sake of a story rather than take action to prevent the carnage.
    — Philip Klein, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Near the 16th anniversary of the car crash, Bell described the carnage and the events leading up to it in a series of detailed interviews for the first time.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Those who have witnessed M3GAN's onscreen carnage will know that the groundwork for a potential sequel is laid out at the end of the film.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2023
  • How would the field slim down from four lanes to one without carnage during every pit cycle?
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
  • Only hints of the carnage were made public back at brigade headquarters.
    — Paul Sonne, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Mina said he was identified by witnesses as the suspect in the shootings and video footage also caught him at the scene at the time of the carnage.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • When the car came to a stop, the female driver can be seen rolling down her window and peering out at the carnage around the vehicle, according to the video.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Jones said he's seen video of the carnage and can't shake images of his mother being fatally shot.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The posts referred to his difficulty finding a girlfriend and the 1999 Columbine High School carnage.
    — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
  • After one recent raid, residents returned the day after to take stock of the carnage to their homes.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The carnage isn’t the only thing that feels plucked from vintage grindhouse cinema.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023

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