boogeyman

Example Sentences

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Using an AI boogeyman to shake people up is consistent with that effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Artificial intelligence could be the boogeyman that gnaws at market share.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

With Moses as boogeyman, we are spared the more challenging question: Why did his worst decisions seem like such great ideas to so many people in the first place?

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

“It’s a device that as a father and a grandfather I’ve used — the boogeyman will get you if you don’t watch out.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Vonetta didn’t notice, or she pretended she didn’t notice, but Fern had stopped clinging to Uncle D. Fern heard him hollering at night like the boogeyman howling and rattling in the radiator pipes.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia