How to Use demon in a Sentence

demon

noun

• For two years, the folkloric demon known for cheering on hard times in Detroit seemed to have won.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2022
• Needless to say, the turtle—a speed demon by comparison—was able to move out of the way in time.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
• Instead, the demon driver turned back into the parade to kill and destroy.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022
• An pack of intrepid wizards will duel against a tiny blue speed demon to lead domestic box office charts.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Apr. 2022
• Yet another sinner is crucified on an enormous harp about to be plucked by a demon whose body resembles a tree.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2022
• If some singers are said to possess the voice of an angel, then Gilbert Gottfried’s voice might be compared to that of a demon.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
• Their defeat to the Braves last season felt all too familiar, another demon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• The unusual teen meets a deceased couple and a demon, too — her life is changed almost instantaneously.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
• In Hindu mythology, the deity Krishna was left with blue skin after drinking milk poisoned by a demon.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• Sheen plays Aziraphale, a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, while Tennant plays the fast-living demon Crowley.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
• Naomi Scott stars as Skye Riley, a world-famous pop star who becomes the latest person haunted by the evil demon.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
• Talitha Bateman and Lulu Wilson star as young orphans terrorized by a demon in their new haunted home.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• News spread throughout Japanese social media outlets last Monday that a famous rock rumored to contain a demon has split in two.
  — Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
• After being possessed by a demon, high school queen bee Jennifer (Megan Fox) transforms into a literal man-eater, preying on lustful boys.
  — Lia Beck, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• It was thought to keep demons away and bring good luck to lovers.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 19 June 2024
• All the demons and all the joy will be coming out on this one.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 July 2024
• From there, each team faced its own demons, and some bowed out of the race.
  — Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• Going through them for the book was going through a lot of the demons again.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 July 2023
• Faye, the game’s heroine, is the last in a long line of demon hunters.
  — Wired, 16 July 2022
• The demon lies within, the movie says with a bloody, crooked smile.
  — A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• These headache demons are more than the marshmallow of the season.
  — Anna Liss-Roy, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• At the end of the film, Lorraine learns the demon's name and manages to banish it to hell.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• There’s so much to do out in the world that has nothing to do with feeding those demons.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 July 2024
• Barham is 40 and spent most of his 30s fighting demons of his own creation.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
• Saving the world is a goal, but so is coming to terms with our inner demons.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Zombies and demons and apparitions and creatures of the night.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• In the nighttime climax, Naru, her tribe’s last line of defense, calls the demon out.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Aries March 21 – April 19 Speaking your truth is a healthy way to release old demons.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024
• John bares his demons in a desperate plea disguised as the catchy theme song to the Fab Four's big-screen romp.
  — and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
• The burning bones of a wood demon in a Finnish sauna reveal the emptiness of a future son-in-law.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024