beastie

Example Sentences

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In Mr. Burns’s case, inspiration struck the poet soon after his plow struck the nest of a “wee beastie,” which is to say, a small field mouse, and tore it all to pieces.

From Literature

The series itself has gotten so bored with the beasties that it continues to invent new ugly mutants.

From Los Angeles Times

"We can manage the problem, but we won't get rid of them, and they're not the beasties people think they are."

From BBC

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

From BBC

That movie's entire marketing campaign oriented around the Statue of Liberty's decimation by the beastie Clover.

From Salon