How to Use beastly in a Sentence

beastly

1 of 2 adjective
  • Jaramillo and his team have built two life-size models of the beastly snake to show its sheer size.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Perhaps Moore knew the role was more beastly than her little pet could ever be.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Go ahead and mosh around to this beastly drop and forget your relationship woes.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 4 May 2018
  • This relapse tumor meant Trent was battling a beastly form of the disease.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The very name of our beastly family, after all, comes from the word mammae, a term for the chest glands that produce milk.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • His beastly approach is quickly proving to be an indelible trademark in the rap game.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2017
  • But don't let any of that interrupt your monologue about how tough your beastly enemies are making life for you.
    — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 7 June 2017
  • Three of this beastly bunch were checked off during our six spectacular hours in Tsavo.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Looming in a field, about 100 yards east of the road, were what looked like three beastly creatures from another time.
    — J. Harry Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • There must have been something in the air—in addition to the beastly heat and humidity—in Paris these past two weeks.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 June 2026
  • Robinson was too beastly for Washington rookie Alex Sarr down low.
    — Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
  • But Nadal’s triumph confirms his standing as one of the most beastly players in the history of men’s tennis.
    — Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Unfortunately, some of the humans aren’t as compelling, even if their main purpose is to be a potential entrée for our beastly stars.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • The afternoon of the soccer scrimmage was sweltering, one of those beastly July days with humidity like a damp rag.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2016
  • This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The 5420 is all about making these beastly machines a little more portable than your average rugged laptop.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2018
  • One of the toughest bosses from the original Daemon X Machina was the beastly Zeruchroar.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Dahl’s books, with their mischievous children, strange beasts and often beastly adults, have sold more than 300 million copies and continue to be read by children around the world.
    — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In this live-action re-imagining of the fairy tale, a young woman takes her father’s place as prisoner in a beast’s castle, only to fall in love with her beastly captor, who turns out to be a prince.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Reaching lengths of 15 feet or more, the beastly fish also have voracious appetites, devouring everything from sea turtles to rubber tires.
    — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 21 May 2019
  • Same with Thompson, who continues to increase his price with beastly performances and invaluable leadership.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Which is a testament to her incredible ability and power as an actor to be taking on two of the most canonical, beastly parts for women in literature.
    — Tessa Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
  • MacKinnon is leading a team of scientists who’ll spend the holiday riding out a beastly storm that’s forecast to produce 70 mph winds and 20-foot waves.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Sony’s answer to the Microsoft Elite Series of controllers is a beastly piece of tech with a textured grip that feels more comfortable to hold during long gaming sessions.
    — Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top.
    — Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, a large pickup truck, plus the weight of a battery, gas engine, and fuel tank, likely means the Ramcharger has a beastly curb weight and probably should not just become your primary daily driver.
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There are some beastly devices out there that max out at 4TB or 5TB—that will be necessary for some, but those drives also necessitate higher prices.
    — Valentina Palladino and Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The Kilkenny Cats, fighting and scratching at each other in fratricidal fury, are on the premises, as well as a quartet of beastly angels and Fenrir the Nordic wolf.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • There’s no evidence that carnivorous plants acquired any of their beastly habits by hijacking genes from their animal victims, says Hedrich, although genes do sometimes pass from one type of organism to another.
    — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Back here on Earth, an image of this beastly beauty is perhaps the most famous shots ever snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope in its almost 30 years of operation.
    — Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020

beastly

2 of 2 adverb
  • Ovechkin has looked beastly while scoring eight goals in four games.
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2017
  • And the men in black with beastly faces march, rattling their boots.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Fresh tires and a few more laps might have been enough to beat the beastly Cadillac.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
  • That beastly speed machine does make over 800 hp, though.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But the way my older colleague was treated at the end was beastly.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Sherif’s music is not quite as loud and beastly as Pop Smoke’s.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2022
  • Unlike wraith demons, the beastly Tarask can fully slip its bond to hell.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 July 2020
  • That's right, a taste of beastly-heat, coming a week after freezing record lows.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Logan is super skilled, beastly strong.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That splotch of purple, magenta and red looks pretty beastly to me.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2014
  • Colts’ front seven is beastly, and could be a brick wall when the Patriots try to run.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The sounds of beastly screeches and splashing water came from the bathroom.
    — Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • How could a guy who was so beastly to women be so talented in picking artful movies?
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • While most are meager, a few turn beastly, exactly as was the case on Monday night.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • Summer is already a beastly hot, four-month slog for folks in the eastern Mediterranean.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Look at a skilled senior who has succeeded in gaining a step through better diet and beastly drill.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The Max puts out a beastly thump, with enough low end to make the neighbors think Janelle Monáe has moved in.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 28 May 2018
  • Ezekiel Elliott is a beastly back who can break tackles, wills, and big plays as a runner or as a receiver.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Bay Hill was not quite its beastly self Thursday, but is sure to flex its muscle during the coming days.
    — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The eggs in my hands were beastly and beautiful, and I was mystified by their existence.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The Ride, a beastly roller coaster known as Goliath, go-karts, big trucks for toddlers and a lift for little ones.
    — Jeff Roffman, ajc, 31 July 2019
  • All the while, Whiteside has finally emerged as the beastly two-way force fans were expecting last summer.
    — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The storm’s southern eyewall had just clipped San Andres island as the beastly storm churned west at 9 mph.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The capper on the drive was a beastly 64-yard touchdown run from junior Mason Tanoa.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • But beware of the bull, the untamed, beastly derecho cut loose from of Ohio, because that encounter is destined to come once again.
    — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 29 June 2017
  • There's more to the VelociRaptoR than just a more beastly engine, though.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The bass-riddled, glitchy collection was written and recorded while the beastly producer was on tour with deadmau5.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 15 May 2017
  • The King of the Hill now wears its less beastly brother's resonators and breathe a little easier in the bargain.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Sightings of a furry, upright biped and reports of beastly footprints have been reported from as far afield as the Himalayas.
    — Lauren Kent, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2022

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