daemon
Example Sentences
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“I’d love to have a daemon that can blow dry my hair for me,” she said.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Lyra lives in a universe parallel to our own, where people have a daemon - a companion spirit in animal form.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
And that little standoff between her daemon, the Golden Monkey, and the Spectre, right after the witch is killed in Cittàgazze—how does it relate to this journey that Mrs. Coulter is making?
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
The Butler bowed and hastened out, his daemon trotting submissively at his heels.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
