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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wild beast" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a ferocious or untamed animal, often in a metaphorical sense to refer to someone exhibiting wild or aggressive behavior.
Example: "In the heat of the moment, he transformed into a wild beast, lashing out at anyone who came near."
Alternatives: "a feral animal" or "a savage creature".
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Few of us today have to worry about becoming prey to a wild beast.
Tame a wild beast, the theory went, and you could tame the beast inside of you.
"Pure and lonely as a wild beast, it guards and watches over the city".
"I was being asked almost to tame a wild beast without a whip," he said.
And yet it is Dec who has been called the tiger – a wild beast in bed!
Karen Rosenberg "For 14 years Picasso pursued, embellished, transformed, deconstructed and annexed Marie-Thérèse, as a wild beast its prey".
This one has become a wild beast, though a heraldic one, holding "the journey in its claws".
There was not a wild beast in the forest that could get away from him when he was once on its tracks.
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The inaugural games of 80AD, for example, included a gladiatorial contest, a wild-beast hunt, a horse race, and a re-enacted naval battle between 3,000 men, followed by an infantry battle … just in the first three days.
As if to emphasize people's animalistic instincts, costumes (by Sven Bindseil) for Carnival festivities had a wild-beast motif, which was complemented by a dense forest prominent in Jürgen Kirner's décor.
A court has heard that a former executive at Korean Air snarled like a 'wild beast' during a tantrum over the way nuts were served to her on a flight.
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