How to Use cannibalism in a Sentence

cannibalism

noun
  • So this could be seen as a form of cannibalism by space aliens.
    — Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • There were even hints of cannibalism in the form of cut marks on human bones.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2019
  • A lot of cannibalism, a lot of gore, a lot of gay shipping, and a lot of antlers.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Intense bonds give way to cannibalism, but gore isn’t the point.
    — Yael Kohen, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
  • And at what point do the teens turn to cannibalism, as was shown in the series premiere?
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • In art, rarely is cannibalism a sign of pure evil on the part of the perpetrator.
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 7 July 2023
  • Only five returned alive and rumors of cannibalism dogged them for the rest of their lives.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
  • The biggest change between the book and the film is how cannibalism is portrayed.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The character has evolved quite a bit from those days, but for me, there's no coming back from cannibalism.
    — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
  • There’s a lot of galaxies, there’s a lot more merging, a lot more cannibalism.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 June 2017
  • The character’s evolved quite a bit from those days, but for me, there’s no coming back from cannibalism.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Most of the mantises that hatch from an egg case will die from starvation or cannibalism.
    — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Gein committed many gruesome crimes, but cannibalism was not one of them.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Even the element of cannibalism is in the book, but not in the movie adaptations.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The males often put a stop to this cannibalism by chasing off the offender.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
  • This, plus some light cannibalism, the breaking of a jaw, and more make for a vivid movie-watching adventure.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The colonists were starving and may have resorted to cannibalism.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Two of Britain’s tabloid newspapers played a role in boosting the cannibalism claims.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Despite the cannibalism storyline, the film is very much a love story.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The pilot revealed that there would probably be cannibalism in the future, which was a very bold stroke.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Come for the cannibalism, stay for the mind control and shifting allegiances.
    — Caitlin Starling, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • When Season 2 is over, where will this cannibalism scene rank among the most gruesome parts of the season?
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Tissier had solved the mystery and corrected the cannibalism.
    — Ben Crair, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Especially given the fact that cannibalism is part of the story this time around.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Delivering bad news in the form of a cannibalism reveal is extra hard!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Here, cannibalism is a metaphor for the whitewashing of a neighborhood.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • At least some of the survivors had resorted to cannibalism, eating the remains of those who died over the winter.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And the food writing is just exquisite and the food writing informs the cannibalism, to put it lightly.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Somewhat sweetly, though, the cannibalism that arrives toward the end of the book isn’t exactly one of those things.
    — Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Later, bones were found that showed signs of cannibalism, and the ships were located at the bottom of the ocean in just the past 10 years.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 26 Dec. 2018

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