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How to use bestial in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Bestial means beast-like. Example: “His was a bestial face, a face that bore the stamp of Nature's eternal injustice.”

Examples of bestial by meaning

adjectiveBeast-like.

  • His was a bestial face, a face that bore the stamp of Nature's eternal injustice.1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan
  • No longer would there be aught to fear from prowling beasts, or from the bestial Russian.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 177
  • The Game of Thrones novels were best sellers without fleshed-out Dothraki; the languages in Star Wars, one of the most successful franchises ever, are mostly gibberish, even if Han Solo claims to understand Chewbacca’s bestial warbling.2022 December 31, Matteo Wong, “Hollywood’s Love Affair With Fictional Languages”, in The Atlantic

More sentences with bestial

  • “I am Potelin, Your Majesty’s Giwe of London, obsequiating Your Majesty:” says the bestial apostate.a. 1914, Frederick Rolfe, “About the Depravity of the Giwen”, in Hubert’s Arthur: Being Certain Curious Documents Found among the Literary…. From the entry obsequiate
  • That insensate, bestial determination, iron-hearted, iron-strong, had beaten down opposition, had carried its point.1904, Frank Norris, “ch. 6”, in A Man's Woman. From the entry insensate
  • Shadows flickered like disconcertion across their bestial faces as they saw the three men rising to meet them instead of fleeing.1982, Stephen R. Donaldson, The One Tree. From the entry disconcertion
  • They possess neither tails nor bestial cheek pouches.1949 April, Harry Holbert Turney-High, “Distinguishing Characteristics of the Primates”, in General Anthropology, New York, N.Y.: Thomas…. From the entry pollex
  • Proper German gentlemen harbored a particular distaste for boxing and its two-fisted muscularity, considering it lower class and bestial, a one way ticket to Palookaville.2007, Douglas Booth, The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History, page 128. From the entry one-way ticket to Palookaville
  • We know too well the bestial assault you are making upon the Russian people, to whom our hearts go out in their valiant struggle.1941, Winston Churchill, The Unrelenting Struggle. From the entry grisly
  • This was first taken to be a bestial murder , but finally it was cleared up that this was an unfortunate accident during an automasochistic performance .1947, Acta Radiologica, volume 28, page 280. From the entry automasochistic

Meaning of bestial

  1. adjective Beast-like.
  2. noun Cattle.

Full definition of bestial

Questions about bestial in a sentence

How do you use bestial in a sentence?
Bestial is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “His was a bestial face, a face that bore the stamp of Nature's eternal injustice.”
What is a short sentence with bestial?
“They possess neither tails nor bestial cheek pouches.”
What does bestial mean?
Bestial means beast-like.

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