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Recent Examples of imp The son is his father’s fiendish double, an antic, self-loathing imp who, loudly proclaiming his adoration of Eli-Leizer, makes a mockery of him. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025 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 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
  • The trip then took the monkeys to Dallas and finally to Nebraska with the help of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Wildlife Confiscations Network.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Casati Stampa di Soncino inhabited Peggy Guggenheim’s former home Palazzo Venier dei Leoni and infused Venice with 1920s glamour, wild parties with big band music and monkeys and filled it with famous guests like her lover, poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and visual artist Man Ray.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With the demon defeated and the haunting over, the Warrens get to experience something of a happily ever after, living to experience Judy’s wedding and see their daughter have her own baby.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Despite specifying various antics with pills, a belt-as-noose, and a gun, Cloud has given him no real demons to explore.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If his dad is his guardian angel, looks like Dexter now has a devil on his shoulder, too.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The term Jab Jab itself comes from the French term for devil.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bright orange bucket, sporting Home Depot's logo, features jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, spiders and spiderwebs.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The ghosts of the Federal Theatre still haunt the 102-year-old movie house, and David Lindoerfer has seen them.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 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
  • White is a record-breaking snowboarder, while Dobrev played Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce (the hottest vampire of all time and her doppelgänger) on The CW’s Vampire Diaries.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The scene is set at the Salvatore Mansion between vampire bros Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley).
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Imp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imp. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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