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
Dan Kois: What was that time in your life like, when, as it were, your daemon started to settle?
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
A familiar voice, but she couldn’t place it till he stepped forward and the nearest light fell on his face and the hawk daemon on his shoulder.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
