beastie

Example Sentences

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"He was a well known beastie in the streets of the West End of Edinburgh," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

We've officially entered "beastie" territory, and with "Old Wounds" nearing us towards the halfway mark of "Yellowjackets" Season 2 . . . the hunt is on.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2023

Joel’s paternal fondness for Ellie, it becomes clear, scares him more than any undead beastie.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

In 1998, she found it did, in fact, slow, by about one-hundredth of 1 second—proof that Duncan and Thompson’s theoretical beastie existed in the wild.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 8, 2021

When he found there was no way to escape and no place to hide, he sat quaking with indignation, a wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, just as the poem said.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary