Subject

• lion: You are not going into a room to be mauled by lions.

• dog: Instead of man mauled by shark we have man mauled by dog.

• cat: In my time I've knocked a few birds on the head that have been badly mauled by cats.

• bear: In August 1823, Glass was badly mauled by a bear.

• tiger: In 1863, Bradford was out tiger hunting in India and was mauled by a tiger.

Object

• ball: The pack now proving unstoppable in the scrum, rucking and mauling the ball, Leos had no answer.

Preposition: at

• hand: None of this looks much to me like the actions of a Prime Minister chastened by his mauling at the hands of the electorate.

Modifying Another Word

• badly: My Troop had a narrow squeak of being badly mauled, had we not taken cover.

• severely: The cowed battalion duly went into battle, only to be again severely mauled in the German killing zone.

• critically: Hirst's new direction includes continuing with the photo-realist paintings that were first unveiled - and critically mauled - in New York last spring.

Used with why or when

• that: US Reviews The reviews in the US press gave Grimm a mixed response, hardly the critical mauling that was reported in the UK.

• when: Our 8 year old daughter Penny was mauled very badly when she was 2. She has been scared stiff of dogs since.

Preposition: from

• lineout: Nuns quickly responded with a driven maul from a lineout, when Adam Ross used the pack for protection before diving over.

• line-out: In response, the home side capitalized on numerous Effingham infringements, kicking to touch and utilizing subsequent driving mauls from the resultant line-outs.

Preposition: by

• tiger: In 1863, Bradford was out tiger hunting in India and was mauled by a tiger.

• lion: You are not going into a room to be mauled by lions.

• dog: Instead of man mauled by shark we have man mauled by dog.

• cat: In my time I've knocked a few birds on the head that have been badly mauled by cats.

• bear: In August 1823, Glass was badly mauled by a bear.

• critic: Lautrec has received something of a mauling by the national critics.