sacred monster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sacred monster
1980–85; translation of French monstre sacré
Example Sentences
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As Monica, the intrepidly impish O’Hara is an almost sacred monster.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Headley, who grew up outside Baltimore — there’s a picture of John Waters’ sacred monster Divine posted prominently in his place — shrugs.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2015
Bruce is the sacred monster in a zazzy comedy-horror called Filth, written and directed by Jon S. Baird from a novel by Irvine Welch.
From Time • May 30, 2014
So did the sacred monster give a nod to the young.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011
A swarm of men cleared the way for it, gesticulating like madmen in their zeal to get swimming-room for the sacred monster.
From Marm Lisa by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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