beastly
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
It’s the dog days of summer, with beastly heat, no proper holidays, and an abysmal history.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Not long after everyone tumbles into their normal lives again, the beastly debt snarling at their throats sends many running back to the arena either to get rich or die trying.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
For centuries, the Greek Gorgon Medusa has been cast as a vicious monster, a beastly woman with writhing snakes for hair and a deadly gaze that turns living creatures to stone.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
‘Do you know, Sam,’ he said at length, ‘the beastly tree threw me in! I felt it. The big root just twisted round and tipped me in!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
As a zombie, his utterances make him seem beastlier than ever to the other humans he encounters.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
As the wolf is to the wildcat—the lobos defeated Davidson’s felines in the second round—the tiger is to the wolf: bigger and beastlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2012
"It would be beastlier still not have enough to eat," was the thought in Virgie's heart.
From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
They saw man working with intellect to bring ruin, and working without intellect to bring something beastlier than man should know.
From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John
“You make me feel such a beastly cad—the son of a beastlier cad—” She turned and laid her hand upon his lips, shaking her head at him reprovingly.
From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills
The TLS editor, Stig Abell, protested that exposure had been achieved in the beastliest sort of way, involving money, as opposed to via the more agreeable, practical criticism.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2016
And most of all, they had Marshawn Lynch, the beastliest runner in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2015
And then there’s the mobster Isaac, who speaks in his refined accent about the beauty of the opera but may be the beastliest beast of all.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2012
If we are to survive as a great republic, we must have the best, not the beastliest, from everyone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hear his pestiferous Clamour vociferous, Gurgles and groans of the beastliest brand.
From The Glugs of Gosh by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)
