monster

Example Sentences

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Recognize that we’ve created a healthcare system monster that needs reform by removing layers of expensive administrative costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"You get the finished result of a clean monster truck, rather than a scarf."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I had spent so much mental energy worrying about it that the reality wasn’t half as bad as the monster I’d created in my head.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

But then Natalie meets “the one” — James, her boyishly handsome boss at a London start-up — and becomes even more terrified that the monster inside her may strike again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

However, the Minotaur was a bloodthirsty monster that was half man, half bull, not a mild-mannered Hereford cow with droopy ears and a bell tied ’round its neck.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood