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• For a while I used to grind demons and try to get the count higher.From the entry grind
• Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.From the entry machine
• The ritual was performed to exorcise the demons from the village.From the entry exorcise
• That boy is going to lose his license because he speeds like a demon.From the entry speeds
• They called her a ghost, or a demon, or a monster.2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024. From the entry settle one's account
• It has taught us to resort to arms when fighting against fully armed demons.2021 December 6, Kenny Coyle, “A new stage of resistance: Burmese communists return to armed struggle”, in Morning Star, archived from the…. From the entry trigger-happy
• There weren't demons or vampires or fairies or shellycoats or Querquetulanae or any of that stuff.2018, W. Stone Cotter, Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures. From the entry Querquetulanae
• Unlike hellcats and demon princes, they had the worst attitude, and they usually traveled in small groupings.2017, Nia Rose, Spellbound & Hellhounds (Coven Chronicles; 1), Poisoned Apple Publishing, L.L.C., →ISBN, page 9. From the entry hellcat
• The factory was therefore the demon core of the environmental crisis.2017 August 31, Connor Kilpatrick, “Victory Over the Sun”, in Jacobin. From the entry demon core
• Demon attendants scuttled about, carrying trays filled with delectable treats and lots and lots of alcohol.2015 March 20, Mimi Sebastian, The Necromancer's Redemption, ImaJinn Books, →ISBN. From the entry Death in the Afternoon
• A mundane company had hired him to summon up a cecaelia demon.2013, Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You’re Not Officially Dating Anyway)…. From the entry cecaelia
• Mara means demon, or demonic influence, that hinders the practice of virtue.2011, Graham Woodhouse, Lobsang Gyatso, Tsongkhapa's Praise for Dependent Relativity, Wisdom Publications, page 20. From the entry mara
• Something rests beside his feet—it may be a demon, dolphin, or merdog.2011, Judika Illes, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints & Sages. From the entry merdog
• There are so many things that we experience that could be door openers for demons.2010, Don Dickerman, Keep the Pigs Out: How to Slam the Door Shut on Satan and His Demons and Keep Your Spiritual House Clean, page 93. From the entry door opener
• Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique.2009 January 19, Phillip Alder, “Eisenhower’s Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief”, Bridge, in New York Times. From the entry bezique
• The tale of the plushy demon spread through Jehovah's Witness culture with memelike voracity.2009, Kyria Abrahams, I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing. From the entry memelike
• This was not to say that the demons who were already in place were not terrifying.2009, John Connolly, “In Which We Learn That One Should Be Careful About Accepting Anything That Is Offered For Nothing”, in The Gates: A…. From the entry bed-wettingly
• A big mistake I see a lot of warlocks do is overpulling with whatever demon they're using.2008, Jobbles, “Dead server economy?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet). From the entry overpull
• There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.2006, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, pt.1: Iran, Armenia and Georgia, page 611. From the entry kaj
• When minor demons become so bold, their more powerful brethren cannot be far behind."2006, Matt Forbeck, Prophecy of the Dragons, page 6. From the entry quasit
• Each guy has played a set of anti-tennis and gotten the demons out of his system.2006 June 11, Peter Bodo, “Lost in Translation”, in Tennis. From the entry anti-tennis
• The tabloids were able to spend much of the week confronting their demons.2004 January 16, Michael Hann, “The tabloid week”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry tab
• The demon vampire ripped the pulse-pounding beamer from the hands of the evil pimp.2003, W. C. Leadbeater, “Return of the Dread Mutant Killer Glaucoma”, in The Mind-warp Era: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page…. From the entry pulse-pounding
• I'd have put down money that it was a demon, but it was just a shapechange.2003, Jim Butcher, Death Masks, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry shapechange
• Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.2002, Piers Anthony, Ogre, Ogre, page 9. From the entry dematerialize
• The gap of danger where the demon waits is still unknown to you.2002 Seamus Heaney, translation of Beowulf, line 1375. From the entry gap of danger
• Chani, Warrior Princess: She roams Dune, fighting demons, wearing stupid armour, and flinging Wonder Woman-esque rings around.2001 December 6, The log, “Movie mismatches”, in alt.fan.dune (Usenet). From the entry Wonder Woman-esque
• Raman, there are three ganas or temperaments of nature: Deva (divine), Manushya (human), and Rakshasa (demon).1999, Dennis M. Harness, David Frawley, The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press, →ISBN…. From the entry manushya
• A dozen species of murrs, turrs, puffins and gulls scream and wheel like demons.1992, Bernice Morgan, Random Passage, page 129. From the entry turr
• For the man or woman who can confront the demon within, there is a hopeful prognosis.1986 August, Gary Diedrichs, “Bewitched”, in Orange Coast. From the entry to thine own self be true
• The Windigo is a flesh-eating, wintry demon with a man buried deep inside of it.1984, Louise Erdrich, “Windigo”, in Jacklight, New York, N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, →ISBN. From the entry windigo
• The demon paused before answering, as though listening to an internal voice.1981, Terry Pratchett, Strata, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157. From the entry threevee
• Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363. From the entry accidie
• Seven chief demons, seven archfiends, aid Ahriman in his struggle against the forces of light.1977, Jeffrey Burton Russell, chapter 3, in The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity,, Ithaca, NY: Cornell…. From the entry archfiend
• Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’.1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546. From the entry necrophagic

Meaning of demon

1. noun An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
2. noun A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
3. noun A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.

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Questions about demon in a sentence

How do you use demon in a sentence?

Demon is used as a noun. For example: “The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.”

What is a short sentence with demon?

“He’s a demon at the card tables.”

What does demon mean?

Demon means an evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.