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Recent Examples of ogress
What exactly is going on with that large flock of crows, the suspicious villagers, the charming mayor and that secretive ogress?
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Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
Or where love turns a princess into an ogress, or parents kick out their 7-year-old children with bad advice and curses.
—Denise Coffey, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019
And in Iceland, the Yule Lads who visit children in the run-up to Christmas are said to be the sons of the ogress Gryla, a character in Snorri Sturluson’s 13th-century Prose Edda.
—Regina Hansen, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
Their mother, Gryla, is a horned ogress who poses a double threat, putting naughty kids in a sack to eat later.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2017
Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
Or where love turns a princess into an ogress, or parents kick out their 7-year-old children with bad advice and curses.
—Denise Coffey, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019
And in Iceland, the Yule Lads who visit children in the run-up to Christmas are said to be the sons of the ogress Gryla, a character in Snorri Sturluson’s 13th-century Prose Edda.
—Regina Hansen, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
Their mother, Gryla, is a horned ogress who poses a double threat, putting naughty kids in a sack to eat later.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogress
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Audiard long had imagined an internal struggle within Emilia between man and woman, demon and angel.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, as if disciplining your demon seed wasn’t stressful enough, Rowan is also getting conflicting versions of mom-shaming from two Mayfair relatives, one of whom is actually deceased.Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2025
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The following scenes are set in that show and tell the ogre's story through life-size wooden puppets complete with mock strings attached to their arms.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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And the other thing is ogres have tempers, and so do Scottish people.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William.Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Tim Burton's film explores the border between life and the afterlife with some of the best in the biz, from Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s wholesome (and dead) homeowners to Winona Ryder's angsty teen to her ridiculous mother (Catherine O'Hara) to the imp with a limp (Michael Keaton).Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.Time, Time, 28 Dec. 2022
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As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 June 2022
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Our ears are still ringing from watching fans become shrieking banshees upon realizing that one of her professional dancers was actually the NFL star.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Electrified and electrifying, this 500-kilowatt (670-horsepower) track banshee heralds a new hybrid age in the top levels of racing.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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White specks on the horizon grew to surround us with grotesques of ice.Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Watergate grotesques form a small portion of the weird and sometimes wacky, but always carefully curated, world of Ellison.Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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The Vanishing will have no shortage of frights, action and bizarre phenomena.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Across seven seasons, viewers got a thrilling blend of laughs, frights, and goofy monster fights that felt innovative and transgressive in equal measure.Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Ogress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogress. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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