How to Use beast in a Sentence

beast

noun
  • They were attacked by a savage beast.
  • He's a cruel, hateful beast!
  • 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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