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zombie

noun

variants also zombi

Definition of zombie

as in vampire

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Recent Examples of zombie The flies, popularly known as zombie flies, lay eggs inside the abdomen of bees. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 These are the shows that capture our post-9/11 paranoia through science fiction, or the fear of economic collapse through the zombie apocalypse, or our obsession with individuality through 1960s advertising. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026 The zombie movie that started it all, 1968's Night of the Living Dead, established all the genre's rules in one short, sharp shocker. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 The trauma and drugs put him in a zombie-like state, a supporting character in his own origin story. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for zombie

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In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Taylor-Johnson starred as Friedrich Harding, a skeptic set in his belief that vampires don’t exist.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 29 June 2026

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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
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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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
As boss-man turns into a cantering, slavering, apparently all-over treble-jointed ghoul, Young-cheol announces that his own living blood contains the only antidote.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 May 2026

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