as in demon
a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon
claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee
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Both center on one of the genre’s most reliable tropes: mothers who either turn into monsters or have been banshees from hell from the very beginning.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
The ride’s personal, stationary-bike-like vehicles vibrate to mimic the movements of an animal — this is my banshee — and riders soar among Pandora’s floating mountains and through waterfalls, all of it cresting in the final act when the sounds of nature give way to a comforting musical score.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
Claire calls herself a banshee, a dirt bag.
—Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
The wind was a banshee.
—Joseph Hernandez, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
The ride’s personal, stationary-bike-like vehicles vibrate to mimic the movements of an animal — this is my banshee — and riders soar among Pandora’s floating mountains and through waterfalls, all of it cresting in the final act when the sounds of nature give way to a comforting musical score.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
Claire calls herself a banshee, a dirt bag.
—Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
The wind was a banshee.
—Joseph Hernandez, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
See all Example Sentences for banshee
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