How to Use Beelzebub in a Sentence

Beelzebub

noun
  • The baying of Beelzebub begins and keeps beginning.
    — Patricia Smith, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Cue Beelzebub herself, who arrives with a contract granting him seven wishes in exchange for his soul.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 2023-03-14
  • Like many presentations of the devil from the 17th century onward, the Judge, who may or may not be Beelzebub, is a fiddle player.
    — Caine O'Rear, Rolling Stone, 2023-07-03

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