beast
Example Sentences
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The 19-foot-long beast of a sedan could reach 131 miles an hour, an engineering feat in the late 1940s, Lieberman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Stagflation set in, and the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations all flailed helplessly at the beast.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
“It’s only the policies of prohibition… that make this beast churn, decade after decade, and it only gets bigger and more powerful.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
In the past, they were considered a royal beast and Roman emperors often had them imported from North Africa.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
I kept running, but even as I ran I couldn’t help but notice the beast was running awfully fast for a lame donkey.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing beast
"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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"The Second Coming," Vocabulary from the poem by W.B. Yeats
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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