How do you use the word "monster" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "monster" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "monster": The monster's smile was cruel. Hearing the monster's footsteps, they began running in all directions.

Monster Meaning

/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.

nounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind., A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.

Sentence Examples

The monster's smile was cruel.

Hearing the monster's footsteps, they began running in all directions.

A monster was believed to live in the cave.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

giant freak goliath

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The huge ____ that lived under the bed scared the little boy every night.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The children were convinced that there was a scary ____ living under their bed, but their father showed them that it was just some old toys.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monster From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake." — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"[T]he monſter [sc. a tiger], rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung." — 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:

"He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush." — 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:

"His origin amongst monsters and man-eaters signals the play's recurrent concerns with monstrification, with eating others or being eaten by them, and with issues of specularity […]" — 1995, Bradley William Johnson, Birthed Effects: Shakespeare's Generation of Monsters, page 67:

"“My flesh was not for feasting on, there would be no monsters gnawing and gloating over their banquet at the bottom of the sea.”" — 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 19:

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