holy terror
Example Sentences
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A former Olympic hammer thrower, the Crunchem Hall headmistress is described as “a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
In the wind, it can be a holy terror.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Interestingly, Joshua behaves well at his half-day preschool, but at home can be a holy terror!
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
David and Sara’s commitment to full-time parenting is only calf-leather deep, however, which leads to the show’s echt-sitcom contrivance: They recruit the barely employed Charlie as nanny for their holy terror of a daughter.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
This giant ate no meat at all, though he was a holy terror when served a basket of roots, crunching onions and turnips and even raw hard neeps between his big square teeth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
