Beelzebub

Example Sentences

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Reynolds helped supply Melville with a more Stygian idea, by exhorting his men to attack Mocha Dick as “though he were Beelzebub himself!” — a demon rather than a whale.

From New York Times • May 2, 2020

With the goalie nowhere to be found, Beelzebub had a wide open cage that even the bendiest bender could have scored on.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 26, 2020

McGehee, who is reportedly “super eager to put pen to paper,” told Deadline that the novel “has a lot of meaning embedded in it,” which should thrill Beelzebub.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2017

Beelzebub and Don Knotts is closer to the mark, but the oleaginous Texan is inarguably erudite.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2015

He soon realizes that, lying next to him similarly battered, is his lieutenant, Beelzebub.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith