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Recent Examples of demon This time, there was an ongoing arc in which Scooby and Shaggy accidentally open the Chest of Demons, releasing 13 ghosts and demons into the world. Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 In their place is a demon ravaging her house trying to devour her. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025 The slow-motion decay of JaNa’s sparkle at the hands of Kenny the demon? Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025 Similarly, Saja Boys' true demon identities are more sinister and mysterious than frightening. Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demon
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Noun
  • The term Jab Jab itself comes from the French term for devil.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
  • In Michelangelo’s Last Judgment a devil drags one of the damned to hell by his testicles (which sounds like heaven to me).
    Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The harassment soon escalated into a daily campaign of psychological torment that lasted for more than a year.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • His icy, anguished eyes—though both are the same color—convey all the torment a misfit on Earth might feel.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • London — Large crowds of people protesting the British government’s decision to ban the activist group Palestine Action gathered in London’s Parliament Square on Saturday, in a show of continuing support since it was designated as a terror organization in July.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Video footage recorded by their owner Macie Lamb shows two pups, Ace and Tango growling at a decorative object that resembles a small ceramic dog wearing a ghost costume while holding a pumpkin in its mouth.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But March’s family, which has seen their factory turned upside down by the ghost of a former employee, rejects the relationship.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All 500-year-old vampires will be able to watch Talamasca on their television sets in linear fashion on AMC.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the two minute trailer (below), the death of someone close to a secret society charged with monitoring the world’s immortals, including witches and vampires, prompts the group to seek out a new recruit in the form of a young unsuspecting man, Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton).
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The little ghouls at your party will howl for this tropical smoothie.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There are a lot of stock viewer-goosings: Screaming ghoul faces, crawling insects, waking nightmares and other jump scares, including the sonic kind of sudden loud noises or silences.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, the interview was a PR nightmare that forced Andrew to step back from his public royal duties.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At 6 feet and blessed with great athletic ability, Moore was a matchup nightmare.
    Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Demon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demon. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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