How to Use demonic in a Sentence

demonic

adjective
  • The demonic vent fan in my room that for no apparent reason came on at all hours, by itself.
    Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Your most basic attacker and defender, a creature spell can be anything from a demonic imp to the most pious angel.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Flying objects, trapped ancient spirits and demonic possessions are just a few of the haunting stories that unfold through these hour-long episodes.
    Katey Clifford, oregonlive, 12 July 2020
  • This demonic combo was taboo in medieval times, though there’s no historical evidence for the popular claim that it was banned outright.
    Staff, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But Savage’s film portrays the paranoia that haunts the housebound this summer as a demonic entity unleashed by a Zoom call.
    Elizabeth Horkley, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • If Trump is the Prince of Darkness, the Republicans are his demonic minions.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
  • That misfortune would befall some of them over the last 11 years isn't due to a divine or demonic intervention, but math combined with happenstance.
    James Hibberd, EW.com, 9 July 2020
  • Stroud’s teachings emphasized demonic possession, as well as the ideas of portals that Chad was apparently into.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • But instead of playing a party game involving faux murder or demonic possession, a suitcase is introduced that contains a body-swapping machine.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Senua’s Sacrifice took players into a demonic world full of voices, dangerous enemies and some of the best sound design of the last generation of games.
    Brittany Vincent, CNN Underscored, 9 Sep. 2020
  • 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 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
  • The paintings feature demonic or mythic figures and lonely survivors.
    Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024

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