Grendel
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Sanchomo is featured heavily in "Touken Ranbu" and whenever the museum exhibits it, "our visitor numbers skyrocket", Tumi Grendel Markan, a cultural guide at the museum, told AFP, calling their demographic "about 80 percent female".
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
In this epic poem, Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero defeats Grendel, an outcast creature of gigantic stature in order to defend the Geats.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022
In the first, Grendel emerges from the wilderness “With absolute prophecy in his breast/And a desire for mercy, for a friend, an end/To drifting in loneliness.”
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
Grendel is greedy because he devours dozens of thanes for supper, but also because he chafes against the orderly brightness of the human world, with its songs and religion and culture.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2018
He had heard enough about Grendel to know that the monster could not be killed by strength alone.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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