Sentence examples for form of demonic from inspiring English sources

This was all part of our youth in a culture that constantly reinforced how cool drugs were, though back then another beat writer, the poet David Meltzer, told me methamphetamine was a form of demonic possession.

Given the centuries old Christian charge of evil linked to magical or devious Jews, at least some form of demonic antisemitism is intrinsic to most conspiracist thinking in Western cultures, even when it is unconscious.

Though contemporary physicians are capable of recognizing this disease for what it is, it is interesting to note that Tourette's was once widely understood to be a form of demonic possession, and dealt with accordingly.

This dazzling essay articulates the fury Sontag felt at the lazy thinking and muddled metaphors that cling to western ideas of health and sickness – particularly those that turn blame on the sufferer: "A disease of the lungs is, metaphorically, a disease of the soul … 'Malignant' or 'Benign' tumours are like forms of demonic possession".

The photo gave him a kind of demonic glaze.

The agents soon meet Josef Kobold James Remarr), a man who seems to be playing some sort of demonic game.

Greb assumed the form of a small demonic baby and reveals himself to Figgleif, who breaks down and starts attempting to censor everyday life.

It is a deadly and demonic form of the disease, spreading and wreaking havoc with few symptoms until the cancer cells have taken control.

Abuse of one's critics in nonfiction form never attains the same level of demonic wit (what could?), but done in the same spirit of excess, the exercise still has a morbid appeal.

Possession by Khandoba, in form of a wind, is lower demonic worship (pishachi worship).

Marathi version calls this form of bhakti (devotion) as ugra (violent, demonic) bhakti.