How to Use beast in a Sentence

beast

noun
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  • They were attacked by a savage beast.
  • He's a cruel, hateful beast!
  • The ready-to-wear trend cycle is its own tricky beast—but jewelry?
    — Lauren Caruso, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2022
  • The show began as a fun exercise and has now become its own beast.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 July 2022
  • Anyone who has driven on Interstate 65 will tell you traffic can be a beast.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In this treasured fairy tale, a beauty named Belle is imprisoned in a castle, far, far away by a frightening beast.
    — Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2022
  • By dropping their latest beast, an 1844-pack, on the general market.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • Instead, this was a cartoonist’s personal journey into the belly of the beast.
    — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
  • Meeting Splat, they quickly get attacked by a Cthulhu-looking beast, only to be rescued by a bearded old hunter who takes off his hood.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • While a recession is certainly a different beast, the strategy shares a North Star.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022
  • Unforgettable images include fog creeping across the screen, enveloping the trees, and sightings of other beasts, like elephants.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • For his latest sci-fi horror, Peele characterizes the film industry as a ruthless beast, and wonders about who gets led into its jaws, and for whose benefit.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 July 2022
  • Operating at Ankeny Square was a different beast all together, Sto said.
    — oregonlive, 19 June 2022
  • Because of the youth injection and availability standing in the way, the Warriors had to navigate a completely different beast.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • But for now, Entering Heaven Alive presents him as a flesh-and-blood creature, chewing over his past and future before a full moon transforms him in a different kind of beast.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Chupacabra The chupacabra is often described as a blood-sucking beast that preys on livestock, particularly goats.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024

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