beastly

Example Sentences

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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

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

Dr Eshwari told the panel she had been busy in the kitchen and in a "beastly rush" when Dr A arrived, but did not refuse to give her name.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023

Dahl’s books, with their mischievous children, strange beasts and often beastly adults, have sold more than 300 million copies and continue to be read by children around the world.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“A most beastly place. Mudbank, mist, swamp, and work; work, swamp, mist, and mudbank.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens