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
Interestingly, Joshua behaves well at his half-day preschool, but at home can be a holy terror!
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021
A big one is the holy terror waiting in the wings.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018
This evolution from a passive naïf into a holy terror who rules by the fealty of her subjects is what has earned Daenerys, according to Clarke, the audience’s loyalty.
From Time • Jun. 29, 2017
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
