demonic

Example Sentences

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They worked it downfield, through the puddles, through and around the demonic Italian players, over halfway and into the enemy 22.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Mick Jagger, the demonic frontman, was barely slowed by the replacement of his aortic valve in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Franco has been “demonized,” but he wasn’t demonic, Mr. Payne says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Nearly every story of demonic menace requires a young, helpless woman — or better yet, a girl — as the idealized victim the devil wants to possess.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

A man who could read without moving his lips was proclaimed either divine or demonic, depending on the agenda of whoever was doing the proclaiming.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman