fiend

Example Sentences

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He’s a workout fiend, just like his father, Bill, was before him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

Parvizi, a proud Iranian and self-described "salt fiend," holds a degree in food anthropology — a major she essentially designed herself.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Ryker was a hockey fiend at about a year old, watching 6 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

It seemed that the fiend had moved on.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith