Apollyon

Example Sentences

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Apollyon: It doesn’t affect the majority, which is the people who are right at the bottom.

From New York Times

Apollyon: It definitely does depend on the area or the work force that you’re in.

From New York Times

On the Hill, the party of Faust stuck together and vociferously defended their Apollyon.

From New York Times

It was the secret of Wickliff’s influence that he had worked out his conclusions in single-hearted efforts to search for truth; his views developed gradually as he was led from one point to another; he spared neither prince nor prelate; he labored to instruct the poor more zealously perhaps than to influence the great, and men of all ranks, from the peasant to the schoolman, recognized in him a leader who sought to make them better, stronger, more valiant in the struggle with Apollyon.

From Project Gutenberg

Ultramontane, violent, unreasoning, bitter, rejoicing in the miseries of my neighbors, destructive, a very Apollyon, and the like.

From Project Gutenberg