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beastly

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adjective

beastly

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adverb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of beastliness
Adjective
Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top. Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024 Robinson was too beastly for Washington rookie Alex Sarr down low. Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
Adverb
As part of the intake stroke, a supercharger pulls and squeezes air into the engine to create that beastly whine. Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024 There’s a reason this beastly, brawny truck is still doing quite well despite being the oldest truck of its type on the market. Josh Max, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for beastliness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beastliness
Noun
  • Set in Los Angeles in 2018, with police brutality and the early stages of the Black Lives Matter movement very firmly part of its zeitgeist, Forever begins with Keisha Clark (Lovie Simone) and Justin Edwards (Michael Cooper Jr.) unexpectedly reconnecting at a New Year’s Eve party.
    Ebonie Walker, Refinery29, 12 May 2025
  • The Israeli government is indeed openly promising to commit horrific crimes against Palestinian civilians — brutality even above what the world has seen for the past year and a half.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Forces allied with the government and armed civilians responded with brute force.
    Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
  • The Pistons are young, competitive, brute, have already formed one of the league’s most in-your-face identities and now have experience, too.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Adverb
  • No league in the United States is more popular than the National Football League, making the schedule release an extremely exciting day for the sports world.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • If left unfilled, holes are extremely dangerous to both sea turtles and humans.
    Lexie Beach, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • On Tuesday, May 20, the Orange County District Attorney's Office confirmed in a press release that Alejandro Acosta Oliveros was charged with felony animal cruelty and felony theft of a companion animal.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • Today, the Trump Administration’s theatre of cruelty toward immigrants can be traced to any number of root causes, including racist nostalgia, economic insecurity, and far-right Christian nationalism.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Lori survives the brutal events of prom night, but not without a fight.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • Would a Venezuelan contestant who rolled off her log need to use her airline miles when forcibly flown to the waiting arms of Maduro’s brutal regime?
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Adverb
  • The latest trailer was released on May 14, and it's packed with heroic vibes, jaw-dropping visuals, and what looks like a very annoyed protagonist.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 14 May 2025
  • And, because the cube is moving at nearly the speed of light, that position was very different indeed.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • It is estimated that there are currently between 60 and 100 million stray and feral cats across America, and most of them live their life in the streets without ever even making it to an animal shelter.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • The digital nomad stereotype persists: feral twenty-somethings earning $2,000 monthly in Thailand.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Adverb
  • That number is not terribly surprising, given that the La Mesa medical facility treated the 10th-most acute strokes in the state and handled the largest volume in San Diego County in 2023, according to state data.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • The wine list is strikingly good and (also strikingly) not terribly expensive.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025

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“Beastliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastliness. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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