as in demon
a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon
claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee
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Recent Examples of banshee
The bond between a rider and their banshee doesn't break, and chances are your bond with this two-figure set won't either.
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Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2025
Then, like an alarm clock, howler monkeys unleashed their banshee shriek, staking their territory as the sun rose.
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Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
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Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Temperance let loose a banshee wail.
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Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for banshee
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2025
Then, like an alarm clock, howler monkeys unleashed their banshee shriek, staking their territory as the sun rose.
—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Temperance let loose a banshee wail.
—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for banshee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banshee
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Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.
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In the film, Tanjiro, Nezuko and the Hashira are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where the Demon Slayer Corps must confront the terrifying Upper Rank demons.
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That’s the £312 million phantom.
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Taylor-Johnson starred as Friedrich Harding, a skeptic set in his belief that vampires don’t exist.
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The same applies to the Lake of Tears, which seemed really important when Jim’s ghost showed up to tell Ethan to find it.
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The English have to contend with not only the ghost of Maradona’s two goals, but also the altitude in Mexico City, which is about 7,350 feet above sea level.
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
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Pilots can see bad weather lurking in the distance hours before takeoff, glowing like a wraith on their digital maps.
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Reports of strange sounds, apparitions, and unexplained encounters continue to attract visitors.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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They're also known as hag moth caterpillars.
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There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag.
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“Banshee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banshee. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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