How to Use demonic in a Sentence
demonic
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Yes, there’s a demonic agent of chaos with six limbs and a mouthful of huge teeth.
— Vulture, 19 Oct. 2022 -
What do a lost cat, a demonic lamb, and a cute fox have in common?
— WIRED, 5 Dec. 2022 -
Hikers to this day have claimed to hear demonic voices in the park.
— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022 -
The demonic doll of horror movie fame comes to TV for a new series.
— oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2021 -
The Avengers will have to fight Shuma Gorath and its evil army of demonic beings.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Dec. 2021 -
Maze is walked down the aisle by Linda and looks smashing in a demonic black gown.
— Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021 -
Part of her mission on Earth was to eliminate the darkness, the demonic — the evil.
— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2020 -
The movie follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist.
— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Jan. 2022 -
Toward the end of the night, one of the women in the group appears to succumb to a demonic possession.
— Emmanuel Ordóñez Angulo, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2021 -
While there are hints of a demonic presence, for the most part, the house itself—and the fact that there is nowhere to hide within it—is the source of terror.
— Hazlitt, 19 June 2024 -
But as demonic forces engulf their off-the-grid house, one of the twins questions whether evil exists.
— Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024 -
What if the film had been a success, and Cosby had been typecast as demonic?
— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 -
They are confronted by a demonic force that risks their faith and their lives.
— Allison Argueta-Claros, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023 -
The book, which followed the demonic possession of a young girl named Regan, had a 12-week run at No. 1.
— Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 28 July 2021 -
The last thing 2020 needs is a demonic doll on the loose, but fortunately there's no need to worry about that.
— Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2020 -
The guitar is demonic, thanks to being made from some cursed wood back in Mesopotamian times.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 -
Doctor Strange was in the right place at the right time when a giant demonic monster appeared in New York.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 9 May 2022 -
But even the demonic Klan didn't plan on Maryse Boudreaux and her resistance fighters, who have the arsenal and the fury to take down the white hoods.
— Lizz Schumer, goodhousekeeping.com, 16 May 2023 -
The house will transport guests to a busy Haiti street market, where a strange folk doll with three eyes helps open a demonic portal.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023 -
His persona is of Ghost’s demonic pope, preaching of war and plague like a doom prophet amid heavy guitar riffs and vivid pop melodies.
— Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022 -
Many believe that the demonic forces that have stolen the election can still be defeated through prayer.
— Brad Christerson, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2021 -
Ellen Burstyn reprised her role as Chris MacNeil, who now must help two young girls possessed by a demonic force.
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024 -
After the match, Edge and Priest shared a demonic laugh and posed, indicating the two will soon be a force in the tag team division.
— Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022 -
Three martial artists are forced to battle demonic adversaries with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
— Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021 -
This year’s event includes eight themed passages filled with chainsaws, clowns and demonic Krampus in a parking lot on the east side of the mall.
— Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021 -
Taupin’s machine’s robotic voice then turns demonic and tells Ben to eff himself, then the djinn shows up in Ben’s apartment and squeezes his head.
— Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Based on the book of the same name, The Exorcist is about the demonic possession of a young girl after an encounter with a Ouija board.
— Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The demonic vent fan in my room that for no apparent reason came on at all hours, by itself.
— Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020 -
Then a fire broke out that burned down most of the set — except for Regan’s bedroom, the center of the film’s demonic activity.
— Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024 -
Which is to say that art so powerful and immediate is demonic in its demands on the small, fleshly human that holds it.
— Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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