fiend

Example Sentences

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“The fiend has no head,” Knight commented in his review.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

I’m proud to say that I’m a sour candy fiend.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2025

Ryker was a hockey fiend at about a year old, watching 6 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

At the time, one critic from The Times of London suggested that “some fiend had been laying siege to Sir Joshua’s taste.”

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Amidst all this, I had to listen as well as watch: to listen for the movements of the wild beast or the fiend in yonder side den.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë