beast
Example Sentences
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Venture capitalists, back when they were still something of an exotic beast, were described by The Wall Street Journal in a May 3, 1963, column headlined “The Risk-Takers.”
From Barron's
Why have we been thrown out of our homes and made to live like wild beasts?
From Literature
Braverman is a former Conservative home secretary, a big beast of recent Tory history.
From BBC
Morris sounded like a gigantic beast chewing on glass as it ate up Nova’s house.
From Literature
Streaming services are “beasts which require to be fed,” said Rob Wade, Fox Entertainment’s chief executive.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
