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
"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
They have a new offensive coordinator in Kellen Moore and added former New York Giants star runner Saquon Barkley, who figures to be beastly if he can stay healthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
But as for building the beastly thing, “we were working in absolutely unexplored territory.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
Life somewhat better might content him, But for the gleam of heavenly light which Thou hast lent him: He calls it Reason—thence his power's increased, To be far beastlier than any beast.
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
And this war is beastlier than any other, so the rubbish is less counteracted by the decent writers.
From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay
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 John Masefield
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
Now when you're traveling, one of the beastliest things is to have to listen to the blare of someone's portable radio.
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s one of the beastliest things I ever heard.
From The Gold Bat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
