How to Use beast in a Sentence

beast

noun
  • They were attacked by a savage beast.
  • He's a cruel, hateful beast!
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Robert has had one Bigfoot sighting in his life; he was awestruck by the large beast.
    Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The store also has a garlic roast beef sub and the beast sandwich which packs a punch with half a pound of meat.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Why can’t wildlife watchers catch a glimpse of the russet beasts on a distant vista?
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Hosting is just a beast… and the crash course was really hard, too.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The Romans held staged hunts and had wild beasts fight humans and each other.
    Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But still, the beast has surpassed 270 mph, and that’s impressive as hell.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Also a wide collection of axes, swords, and guns—the weapons used to fell the wild beasts, maybe?
    Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Is a large, hairy beast with pointy teeth and sharp claws hunting you for its dinner?
    The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • In the six-game series against the Phoenix Suns, a series Denver won 4-2, Jokic was a beast.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • Finally, God had no choice but to intend to kill the firstborn of both man and beast.
    Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Pinned beneath the beast, the bloody young officer heaves himself to his feet and carries on with the siege.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Remove her for even a minute, however, and the beast reappeared.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • He's been a beast on the football field, despite getting double-teamed in a three-man front.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Then came a beast that could not be slayed, a joke that elicited only silence.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Porsche plans to build only 77 examples of the track-only beast.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
  • It should be noted that the range-topping 911 Turbo is already a beast.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 July 2023

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