beastly

Example Sentences

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For centuries, the Greek Gorgon Medusa has been cast as a vicious monster, a beastly woman with writhing snakes for hair and a deadly gaze that turns living creatures to stone.

From New York Times • May 25, 2024

All of us kids were really excited because we saw them as mythical creatures that were beastly and scary and dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Dr Eshwari told the panel she had been busy in the kitchen and in a "beastly rush" when Dr A arrived, but did not refuse to give her name.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023

And that would lead to a beastly contract.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

“What have you done, you huge beastly thing?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole