beast
Example Sentences
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"It was a challenging beast to contain as it outsmarted us when trying to contain it into a smaller space to capture it," said Craig.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
It wasn’t his first encounter with a beast that has become the Heartland’s most vicious invader.
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
The crocodile was a fearsome, but cautious, beast.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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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