How to Use beast in a Sentence

beast

noun
  • They were attacked by a savage beast.
  • He's a cruel, hateful beast!
  • Or on the run through the streets from the beast.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • But how can such a beast exist?
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Its language is a beast to learn.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Having the beasts is what set them apart.
    — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • But that’s the nature of the beast.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That’s just the nature of the beast.
    — John Graham Harper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the nature of the beast.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the nature of the beast.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But that’s just the nature of the beast.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Bains was a beast on the backcheck and in puck battles.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The brioche-like bun that contains this beast was a hit, too.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Niklas Östberg is a rare beast.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Wells, a kind-hearted man, reached out and stroked the beast’s neck.
    — Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • In this case, that beast is Laboon the whale.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The tale spun down that the manger star cloud was where the beasts were feeding.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The test that ensued was a beast of a challenge.
    — Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Orion was getting the best of the beast.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • How can a small compete in a world of oversize jock beasts?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The blimp is meant to look like the beast sandwich, which packs half a pound of meat.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The team’s next challenge is teaching the beast to turn.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Allgeier has bean been a beast in his own right with the Cougars.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
  • With springtime beauty comes the beast of hay fever.
    — Hali Smith march 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This file is, to make a terrible pun, a beast, though.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Some pose in mock horror, while others give the beast a high five.
    — Deena Prichep, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The grape is a beast—tannic, high acid, stubborn as hell.
    — John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Among the most impressive of these new beasts were the basilosaurids.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the beasts were in the six and a half to ten feet (2–3 m) range.
    — Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026
  • An ancient fossil, the hunter said, a piece of a long-dead beast.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2025

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