satanic

Example Sentences

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The 1980s, during his own youth, was the heyday for conspiracy theories about satanic cults sacrificing children, Uscinski noted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Erica Portnoy, a senior staff technologist at EFF, argues that “social media is just today’s satanic panic.”

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

Though the story contradicted Napoletano’s in places and raised a whole new specter of satanic cults hiring contract killers, it was enough for the detectives.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

This trio works for the Roman Catholic Church to determine whether various strange goings-on are the result of satanic forces or more mundane phenomena.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author