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zombie

noun

variants also zombi

Definition of zombie

as in vampire

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Recent Examples of zombie His reboot of the ’90s zombie video game has collected $60 million in its opening weekend. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 Austin Abrams leads the movie as a dopey medical courier who lands smack-dab in the middle of a zombie outbreak. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Black Zombie uncovers the Haitian roots of the zombie, exposing how Western cinema transformed spiritual tradition into horror while stripping it of identity, agency, and history. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for zombie

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Tours of the exhibit will be offered throughout the afternoon, but come to learn how to be transformed into a vampire at a special effects workshop.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Hiller plays Aldrict, an old-world vampire who has crossed paths with Liz several times over the centuries and is a bit of a troublemaker.

— Peter White, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

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
Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.

— Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025

Definition of incubus

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Six Flags Great America has transformed once more for its 35th Fright Fest, bringing demons, ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night to the park.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
At once not quite real and all too real, Cohn has the uncanny presence of a ghoul or a fiend.

— Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

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