How to Use beast in a Sentence
beast
noun- They were attacked by a savage beast.
- He's a cruel, hateful beast!
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Grant suggests pairing the beast with a beauty of a pinot noir from Brazil.
— Washington Post, 18 May 2022 -
The beast did not assume human form in the Nazi concentration camps.
— Carrie Hagen, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 -
The beast shares its stage with a beauty — the food — and a menu that shrugs off supply chain issues with more than 30 choices.
— Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 -
Intending to shoot a documentary, Patrick heads into the belly of the beast.
— Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 -
In the movie, the pair are tasked with capturing a menacing beast who’s been eating the veggies from everyone’s gardens.
— Keith Langston, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024 -
When, and where, did the relationship between human and beast undergo a dramatic change?
— Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022 -
But cordless stick vacuums are an entirely different beast.
— Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 May 2022 -
Rat King Safari Go on a journey through the city’s subway tunnels and sewers searching for the elusive beast.
— Jenny Kroik, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022 -
But this can be a different sort of beast than working with more traditional second- and third-generation clients who have inherited their wealth.
— Thomas H. Ruggie, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 -
One day the youngster finds an egg in the forest, nestles it in her bed, and after inexplicably growing to a huge size, the thing hatches an otherworldly beast.
— Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022 -
In the tense atmosphere of Aldwinter, adolescent girls cast spells and fall victim to disturbing fits, while superstitious men hang skinned moles to ward off the beast.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022 -
Coleman was a beast at Rocky River’s Bell Invitational.
— cleveland, 11 May 2022 -
Like the possibly mythical creature of its title, The Essex Serpent is something of a slippery beast.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022 -
Most in Becker's comment section agree—modern beauty standards are a beast, and social media is feeding it, but some voices are growing more powerful in their dissent.
— Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 -
This summer, the show will for the first time be staged in the belly of the beast.
— Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 -
The Mythosaur is less a beast or a monster, and more a sign of things to come.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The blimp is meant to look like the beast sandwich, which packs half a pound of meat.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Among the most impressive of these new beasts were the basilosaurids.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023 -
LeBron and the Lakers, on the other hand, are the beast.
— Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2023 -
The nature of the beast has changed, too, with the transfer portal.
— Joe Morgan, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2023 -
This beast at the heart of the Milky Way was first proposed in the early 1960s.
— Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2022 -
The video shows the beast sauntering up to the front door and grabbing the bag in its mouth.
— CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023 -
That’s sort of the nature of the beast right now for everyone.
— Tim Reynolds, ajc, 4 May 2023 -
The new Honda Civic Type R is a front-wheel-drive beast.
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Eventually, the team gets the beast out of the pool, and drags it across the wet asphalt.
— Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 June 2023 -
But one thing is for certain: This drone is kind of a beast.
— Christian De Looper, BGR, 1 June 2022 -
Nothing on the scale of the beasts listed above, but still, some big events.
— Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024 -
When the beast tired itself out, the two men made the return journey back to the truck, caiman in tow.
— Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
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