fiend

Example Sentences

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Matthieu Jalibert, a broken-field fiend, accepted the invite to run back and England were back under the pump.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

He’s a workout fiend, just like his father, Bill, was before him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The narrative rewinds by years, days, hours and occasionally seconds, portraying the Captain's memory as a fickle fiend that equally protects him and exposes his fraud.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024

“Come down and do battle—bird, reptile, fiend, or whatever kind of villain you are!”

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig