cannibal
Example Sentences
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I spend enough time sitting around the house worrying about what I said to someone in high school that may have hurt their feeling so bad it turned them into a cannibal.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025
When he isn’t fetishizing the fictive cannibal Hannibal Lecter — “a wonderful man” — Donald Trump rhapsodizes over the gangster Al Capone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
These cannibal dads had bulging bellies and a tendency to regurgitate the eggs when handled, the team reported in the American Naturalist.
From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2023
And now, perhaps: baby-eating cannibal, according to new research into the parental habits of these giant amphibians.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
“Perhaps Edward Ashton is trying to visibilize the cannibal book himself,” Penelope thought.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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