beastly

Example Sentences

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"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

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

All of us kids were really excited because we saw them as mythical creatures that were beastly and scary and dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Q: The flu I had after Christmas was beastly, and the medicine my doctor prescribed made me sick.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

He was behaving with the beastly selfishness of Man, taking all he could get from one quarter, and then, when that was used, going to another.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White