How to Use demon in a Sentence

demon

noun
  • Now, the demons have caught up.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • It was thought to keep demons away and bring good luck to lovers.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 19 June 2024
  • There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • The demons are held off; the planet is saved.
    Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Raúl was dressed as the devil and the men were his demons.
    Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • From there, each team faced its own demons, and some bowed out of the race.
    Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • All the demons and all the joy will be coming out on this one.
    Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 July 2024
  • Rainbow Who is the ruler of the demons?
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Lamar is also well aware of his demons and has made peace with his vices.
    Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • As soon as the lights go out, her look shifts from a singer to a neon demon.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Not until his problems are solved, his demons gone.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Moviegoers yearn for demons to be slayed.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe that’s a warning not to look at that demon star for too long.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Her children are battling their own demons.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • For years, he had been plagued by nightmares of a green-eyed demon.
    Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The demon lies within, the movie says with a bloody, crooked smile.
    A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Going through them for the book was going through a lot of the demons again.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 July 2023
  • Faye, the game’s heroine, is the last in a long line of demon hunters.
    Wired, 16 July 2022
  • While the black demon pursued me, the boys dodged back and grabbed the nest.
    Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Mikaela Shiffrin can now leave her Olympics demons behind.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There’s so much to do out in the world that has nothing to do with feeding those demons.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 July 2024
  • The Kim clan conquered real demons long ago.
    Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Is the demon in Annabelle the same Ram that the cult prays to?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So Arne begs the demon to leave the boy alone and take him instead.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2021
  • Mammon, the lord of avarice and demon god of greed and money.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The teen said their house was haunted and a demon was throwing bowls.
    CBS News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Monday is a chance to slay some of their infamous medal round demons.
    Corey Pronman, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Why do demons, ghosts and killers put me at ease but sending a touchy email or text stops me in my tracks?
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But Hank is also struggling with demons.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But doing so may reveal that the worst demons of all live inside him.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026

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