Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamiae
Noun
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Lestat justifies his, uh, connection with Gabriella by arguing that vampires transcend petty human concepts like conventional morality.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 June 2026 -
The vampires take Louis to their crypt, lock him in a coffin, and cover him with rocks to starve for the rest of eternity.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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What followed was 50-some-odd years of demons being exorcised in Madison Square Garden.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
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Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Beyond fueling nightmares, Beeple says the bigger point of this robodog project is to draw attention to how more and more of the observable world consists of benign design, created to fulfill the vision of a select few techno-billionaires.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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The novel’s protagonist, Kyungha, a writer whose work—like Han’s—has excavated grim periods in South Korean history, suffers nightmares featuring tree stumps shaped like bodies.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.—
The Week,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Lamiae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamiae. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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