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Recent Examples of imp Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl. Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025 But read two more and the skeptical imp within you awakens. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William. Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024 Tim Burton's film explores the border between life and the afterlife with some of the best in the biz, from Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s wholesome (and dead) homeowners to Winona Ryder's angsty teen to her ridiculous mother (Catherine O'Hara) to the imp with a limp (Michael Keaton). Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for imp
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Noun
  • Many of the racist stereotypes depicted are negative toward Black people in the United States, showing them as monkeys, absent parents, or criminals.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 July 2025
  • Golden sunsets, rocky coves, offshore islands, and abundant wildlife (monkeys, sloths, toucans) add visual richness.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Hero Tanjiro Kamado, a boy who joined the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was transformed into a demon, finds himself and his Demon Slayer comrades inside the demons’ stronghold – the Infinity Castle, where the scene is set for the final battle between Corps and demons.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
  • The only survivor is his youngest sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a demon herself.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Assign someone to challenge ideas or play devil’s advocate.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Like, Mars is a character, kind of like a devil on my shoulder.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • But what do the locals actually think of their vampire-like namesake, who is believed to be the vengeful ghost of a woman who died in pregnancy or childbirth? To find out, researcher Timo Duile headed to Pontianak for conversations with ethnic Malay Muslim and Dayak Christian residents.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 July 2025
  • The ghosts of late 1950s-early 1960s country favorites Maybelle Carter and Patsy Cline share space with pop-soul icons The Shirelles.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Some titles are now out of print, but these classic horror stories are a great foray into the world of ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Despite those forty-three words, the ghoul that the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention feared most had risen—caste preservationists debuted a new caste system.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • However their plans are thwarted after a vampire (Jack O’Connell) begins to prey on their business.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 June 2025
  • Set in 1930s Mississippi, and loosely inspired by the director’s family’s real-life experiences in the Jim Crow South, the film is much more than your typical vampire story.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025

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