How to Use different beast in a Sentence

different beast

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  • So our off-air chemistry has been forged over years and years, but on air is a whole different beast.
    — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Nine years on, John Wick: Chapter 4 is a much different beast.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • From the get-go, Bottoms was a different beast than Shiva Baby.
    — Nadine Zylberberg, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Game 7 of the finals is a different beast, but the Oilers are prepared to draw on that experience.
    — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • Its boats may look like the wooden runabouts that slide happily across Lakes Tahoe and Como, but this is a far different beast.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
  • With the exhaust wide open, all of a sudden the Cherokee transforms into an entirely different beast.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But the Joint Security Area is a slightly different beast.
    — Haley Britzky, CNN, 18 July 2023
  • Meta is a different beast, however, and Zuckerberg entering the ring with billions of users and the Instagram brand may give Musk some sleepless nights.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Grizzly bears were an entirely different beast: large, wild, dangerous, much less goofy.
    — Hillary Richard, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • Voice assistants, especially ones connected to devices and services in our phones and homes, are a different beast than a chatbot in a browser.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
  • Compromise The original version of Umberg’s bill included sober living homes, which don’t have to be licensed by anyone and are thus a different beast.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Antarctic sea ice is a different beast, ringing a polar continent rather than growing from the center of a polar sea, and a number of factors cause its behavior to be complex.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Thru-hiking is a different beast from day hiking or regular backpacking.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • Reporting trips are a different beast from personal travel and sometimes more heightened.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Instagram, though very popular, is a different beast, more about social networking than photography, and doesn't have things like EXIF or even full-size viewing.
    — PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Although she was accustomed to high-pressure situations, Vogue World: London was a slightly different beast.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The prestigious Bull Run Invitational takes place on the state course in September, but preparing for states and preparing for some county meets or weekly invitationals is a different beast.
    — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
  • His follow-up, which shares the first one’s perspective-hopping structure (and several of its characters), is a different beast, an introspective novel about addiction and adolescence.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • The Bronco Raptor, reviewed separately, has 418 horsepower but is a different beast entirely.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The rise of remote work is a whole different beast, posing significant challenges for the overall commercial property market, including Canary Wharf, especially when interest rates remain high.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
  • Trademark law, however, is an altogether different beast.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023

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