Frankenstein
Example Sentences
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Sellers might offer a bargain price for a phone with Frankenstein “repairs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Flatworms are highly effective at rebuilding their own bodies, but these fused "Frankenstein" worms rejected tissue from unrelated individuals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Guillermo del Toro, the director of "Frankenstein," which will compete for the best picture Oscar on Sunday, is notoriously anti-AI, insisting he would "rather die" than use it.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has Dr. Frankenstein bicker with his creature about her potential existence before deciding against it in fear that “she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Nap in the cinema in town, slumped in the back row with my Tigers cap pulled low over my eyes, drifting off to the eerie string music of Son of Frankenstein.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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