man-eating
Example Sentences
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The film tells the story of a desperate university student applying for a shady part-time job that takes him deep into the woods where he encounters a ravenous, man-eating bear.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
In “Delicious in Dungeon,” a ragtag adventuring crew makes hot pot out of man-eating mushrooms.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
The idea of "man-eating plants" has long captured our macabre imaginations.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
She continued to challenge dated misconceptions about her personal life and career and re-upped her appreciation for her 2009 horror-comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” in which she played a demonic, man-eating campus mean queen opposite Amanda Seyfried,
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023
The first is missing the hyphen that bolts together the pieces of the compound word that was supposed to remind readers of the problem with piranhas, man-eating.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
