energumen

Example Sentences

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And Pascale Ogier was a young energumen of the new Paris night life.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2015

Wise old Father Theophilus, who said he knew the energumen would recover, had to dissuade the others from having last rites given her.

From Time Magazine Archive

His verses I detest, but I love to hear him recite them—he has the air of an energumen.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

"This, then, is that energumen whom we are so frightened of in the provinces!" exclaimed our friend.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

A few hours had sufficed to break the spirit of the energumen, who now declared that he recognized the authority of the magistrates and begged forgiveness for having insulted them.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene