beastly
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When Howl loses himself to a beastly form after attacking opposing forces in the war into which he’s drawn, it’s an allegory about how armed conflict robs us of our humanity.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s the dog days of summer, with beastly heat, no proper holidays, and an abysmal history.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Her Hair” explores disability, vulnerability and the body through the use of crutches and walkers assembled into a beastly figure awash in fake pink locks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
I shouldn’t have been so beastly to her.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
As a zombie, his utterances make him seem beastlier than ever to the other humans he encounters.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
As the wolf is to the wildcat—the lobos defeated Davidson’s felines in the second round—the tiger is to the wolf: bigger and beastlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2012
“You make me feel such a beastly cad—the son of a beastlier cad—” She turned and laid her hand upon his lips, shaking her head at him reprovingly.
From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills
And this war is beastlier than any other, so the rubbish is less counteracted by the decent writers.
From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
They saw man working with intellect to bring ruin, and working without intellect to bring something beastlier than man should know.
From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John
The TLS editor, Stig Abell, protested that exposure had been achieved in the beastliest sort of way, involving money, as opposed to via the more agreeable, practical criticism.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2016
And most of all, they had Marshawn Lynch, the beastliest runner in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2015
And then there’s the mobster Isaac, who speaks in his refined accent about the beauty of the opera but may be the beastliest beast of all.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2012
If we are to survive as a great republic, we must have the best, not the beastliest, from everyone.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Why, it’s going to be the beastliest night on record.”
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
