demonic
adjective
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
Example Sentences
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Heading backstage, my group’s leader played Healer Lenore, a self-help guru who used a question-and-answer session to cleanse us of daemonic energy — or at least make peace with it.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Tokarczuk sticks close to the historical record, but fills its gaps with made-up characters and charges the atmosphere with the daemonic energy of Jewish folk magic and a sense that God lurks nearby.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Giovanni Pisano, who died some time before 1320, was one of the daemonic figures of art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some new point of view had leaped into him, something almost daemonic that suggested limitless confidence in his power to overcome all obstacles, because they were part of his own being.
From The Promise of Air by Blackwood, Algernon
A full verse of the first Andante melody sings at the heart of the plot, followed by the strange daemonic play that keeps the mood within bounds.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
