How to Use beast in a Sentence

beast

noun
  • They were attacked by a savage beast.
  • He's a cruel, hateful beast!
  • And at the end of it all, guests can carve the roast beast.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2021
  • That’s the nature of the beast with this kind of thing.
    Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Get the porterhouse, a 24 oz. beast of a steak for two.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2021
  • This summer, the show will for the first time be staged in the belly of the beast.
    Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Mythosaur is less a beast or a monster, and more a sign of things to come.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The Anker Soundcore Boom 2 is a beast that brings the bass to new highs.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • As the Xenomorph is about to kill him, Wendy attacks the beast with a hook.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The blimp is meant to look like the beast sandwich, which packs half a pound of meat.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Phoenix is a beast right now, able to win any style of play.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The heart of this new beast, of course, would be its engine.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Among the most impressive of these new beasts were the basilosaurids.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • LeBron and the Lakers, on the other hand, are the beast.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2023
  • The nature of the beast has changed, too, with the transfer portal.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This beast at the heart of the Milky Way was first proposed in the early 1960s.
    Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The 6-foot, 228-pound Texan has been a beast in team drills.
    oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The video shows the beast sauntering up to the front door and grabbing the bag in its mouth.
    CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Wells, a kind-hearted man, reached out and stroked the beast’s neck.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • The brioche-like bun that contains this beast was a hit, too.
    Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Allgeier has bean been a beast in his own right with the Cougars.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
  • That’s sort of the nature of the beast right now for everyone.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 4 May 2023
  • As for Sanders, the pre-draft process can be a fickle beast.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • And despite its svelte size, the XPS 13 is a beast under the hood.
    Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The new Honda Civic Type R is a front-wheel-drive beast.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2023
  • These beasts move rapidly and tear a great deal of flesh.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • All beasts are subject to sudden and violent extinction at the hands of other beasts.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Its contaminated followers were one step removed from the beasts of the field.
    Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • With springtime beauty comes the beast of hay fever.
    Hali Smith march 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In this case, that beast is Laboon the whale.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026

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