bogeyman

Example Sentences

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Both cast debt as a bogeyman turning capitalism into an extraction device that, left unchecked or unwisely channeled, can take everything from any of us.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

He embraced the role of migra bogeyman like a tween boy scarfing down a bowl of Warheads, always promising more deportations, more chaos, more more.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

From despair and optimism to downright fear of new England bogeyman Mitchell Starc.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

“Uber is no longer the bogeyman it was,” said McNamara.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

“Now, now, sweetie,” Pa said to Miss Hendrix, the same way he told Fern, “Now, now baby girl. Ain’t no bogeyman in the radiator pipe.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia