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also zombi
as in vampire
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Recent Examples of zombie
The joke has endless variants: the screenwriter is pitching a zombie thriller, or a period biopic — whatever the writer pitches, the producer’s punch line remains the same.
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Stephen L. Carter, Twin Cities, 6 June 2025
Try these 8 post-apocalyptic, zombie books Reading doesn't need to be expensive.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 May 2025
This can look like risking being a zombie in the morning for a few hours of peace and quiet at night.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 May 2025
And is vanilla cake easier in the zombie apocalypse because extract has a longer shelf life than cocoa powder?
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
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Stephen L. Carter, Twin Cities, 6 June 2025
Try these 8 post-apocalyptic, zombie books Reading doesn't need to be expensive.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 May 2025
This can look like risking being a zombie in the morning for a few hours of peace and quiet at night.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 May 2025
And is vanilla cake easier in the zombie apocalypse because extract has a longer shelf life than cocoa powder?
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for zombie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zombie
Noun
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As for Huart, the multi-hyphenate has become one of the more exciting up-and-coming filmmakers in the genre realm and recently won the Midnight Short Jury Award at SXSW 2024 for his modern vampire story Transylvanie.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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This vampire isn't interested in the blood that runs through your veins, though.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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That includes, but is not limited to...actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.—
Candace Bushnell,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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“Zombie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zombie. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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