bogeyman

Example Sentences

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Even though, yes, you may need a bit more elbow grease that you typically associate with weeknight cooking, I've never grasped why risotto has become such a culinary bogeyman for so many people.

From Salon

Wade last year, they needed “a new bogeyman” to “drum up fear” and get votes.

From Los Angeles Times

“Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?” tweeted DeSantis, referring to GOP bogeymen Hillary Clinton and presidential son Hunter Biden.

From Seattle Times

Because the Christian right needed a new bogeyman after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs.

From Los Angeles Times

Of course, Greene will claim to be a victim of some type of "Woke" bogeyman and "anti-white" "mob" and "the left" who want to hurt and "replace" "patriotic" White Americans like her.

From Salon