beastly

Example Sentences

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"We have all the brilliant classic pantomime elements: a beastly baddie, a heroic heroine, amazing dance routines and side-splitting comedy," said Ms Wood.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

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

But Josh Allen is so dangerous, and that Buffalo front seven is beastly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

And that would lead to a beastly contract.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

The house never appealed much to Molly, for the inland summers were beastly hot, and Ernest himself never seemed to be around—to him, the inactivity defined by “rest and relaxation” meant boredom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik