Sentence examples for bogey man from inspiring English sources

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bogey man

noun

Alternative spelling of bogeyman

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It's convenient to have an incorporeal bogey man to blame.

For people in Pound Ridge, if you believe in the Bogey Man vote yes for Proposition I on Nov. 7.

Admitting that "they always need a trade union bogey man", he said of the attacks on Sturgeon: "I'm sure she'll wear it as a badge of honour".

The theme of keeping the bogey man out of No 10 ran through so many of the arguments on both sides of the spectrum.

"They are trying to pit Nepalis against one another and turn this country into Afghanistan," according to Sushil Koirala, the NC's president.Baburam the bogey man"Every ruling class raises this bogey," snorts Mr Bhattarai.

Indeed he said of the term atheism that it "reminds one of children, assuring everyone who is ready to listen to them that they are not afraid of the bogey man".

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They will be the bogey men again, but they thrive on that.

The bogey men to Aberdeen's Cinderella story.

She said the reins of power had been "handed over to the bogey men".

However, he described the Murray-led group's allegations as "just like bogey men were used when I was a child".

Right wing-imagined Bogey men Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers ain't scarin' 'em this Halloween season.

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