incubus
Example Sentences
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Either side of this 10-foot incubus Bryan Robson and Peter Shilton pose supportively, like game but frightened parents.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020
But, as Pope Francis has said, there is a moral incubus on mankind to make a reality of Article 6 of the agreement pledging the abolition of nuclear weapons altogether.
From US News • Aug. 10, 2015
At some midpoint in this incubus, it seemed that nothing would ever seem stupid, or at least surprisingly stupid, ever again.
From Slate
Orphaned young in their native Australia, they emigrate to England in their early 20s, accompanied by their half-sister Dora, who is both incubus and guardian.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clodius being no longer Consul, a portion of the incubus which stifled the breath of freedom was removed, and the public voice ventured so make itself heard in demanding the recall of Cicero.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
Vocabulary lists containing incubus
"The Wife of Bath's Tale," Vocabulary from the narrative poem
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"The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer
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"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale
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