beastly

Example Sentences

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“Her Hair” explores disability, vulnerability and the body through the use of crutches and walkers assembled into a beastly figure awash in fake pink locks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"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

Not long after everyone tumbles into their normal lives again, the beastly debt snarling at their throats sends many running back to the arena either to get rich or die trying.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 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

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