DEMONIAC in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DEMONIAC, such as:

1. The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture.
2. The completion of my demoniacal design became an insatiable passion.
3. All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy.
4. When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat.

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demoniac
 a.  extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
Classic Sentence:
1  I had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that they help me make tea in the kitchen when the demoniac Finn brought it in on a tray.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  Few or no words were spoken; and the silent ship, as if manned by painted sailors in wax, day after day tore on through all the swift madness and gladness of the demoniac waves.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
3  When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
6  The completion of my demoniacal design became an insatiable passion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  Milady uttered a cry of joy; this man was the Comte de Rochefort--the demoniacal tool of his Eminence.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 61 THE CARMELITE CONVENT AT BETHUNE
Example Sentence:
1  The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture.