How to Use Frankenstein in a Sentence

Frankenstein

noun
  • What hath man wrought with this Frankenstein of desserts?
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2025-07-02
  • The pair dressed up as the Bride of Frankenstein and the doctor who gave her life.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 2023-11-01
  • When his team blocked this enzyme, the same Frankenstein effects happened again.
    — Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 2025-06-12
  • First things first, Frankenstein is the name of the mad scientist, not đź‘Ź theđź‘Ź monster.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 2023-07-18
  • Frankenstein’s standing ovation was alive!
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
  • If Swifties are a monster, Taylor is their Frankenstein.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2024-04-19
  • The second half of Frankenstein is where the grand emotions start getting pumped in, and where the problems begin.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But one thing critics agree on is that Elordi is a standout as Frankenstein's monster.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Frankenstein dough is stretched into pans, the edges torn haphazardly, and all drizzled with oil.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 2024-07-25
  • The former offers a new twist on the traditional Frankenstein tale.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 2025-07-08
  • Well, no, what’s in front of me is someone who is a political Frankenstein, as [Michael] has said.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2023-04-20
  • The younger Van Halen has used Frankenstein on every Mammoth album to date.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2025-07-02
  • The first was about Young Frankenstein star Peter Boyle suffering a stroke.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-08-16
  • Hey Frankenstein, one of Kandice’s classmates greeted her in front of the junior high school cafeteria.
    — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 2024-05-14
  • The steeplechase, the Frankenstein's monster of the track and field world, combines speed, precision and timing.
    — Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 2024-08-04
  • Streams on Hulu starting March 7. Think Frankenstein story, and his bride.
    — Leanne Italie, Quartz, 2024-03-02
  • Things quickly turned romantic for the pair when Emilio asked Gloria to go see Young Frankenstein for their first date.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 2023-09-02
  • Pierce went on to create the iconic versions of characters such as Frankenstein’s monster and the Wolf Man.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 2023-11-27
  • Like Frankenstein’s monster and so many of the robots that keep stomping across our big and small screens, Norbot also seems to threaten the very life that it’s meant to help.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2025-01-02
  • Campfire, the Frankenstein blend of scotch, bourbon, and rye whiskey from Utah distillery High West, has made its return for 2023.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2023-08-03
  • Swift’s Lover track offers a welcome bit of kitsch to the trailer for the 2023 campy horror film that is Frankenstein for the Internet age.
    — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 2024-05-03
  • Even though that film and del Toro's Frankenstein derive from the same source material, the latter is being described in early reviews as a far more faithful adaptation.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein and Elordi is the monster in this adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, which del Toro has been dreaming about making for decades.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Novak stepped out for the event in a rare appearance days after arriving at the festival, as she was presented with the award by director Guillermo del Toro, whose Frankenstein world premiered at the event over the weekend.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • During a meeting in recent weeks, Guiducci was not interested in a staff pitch to cover Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, and instead suggested a feature on the Labubu craze.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Oscar and Golden Lion winner Guillermo Del Toro unveiled his long-in-the-works Frankenstein at the Venice Film Festival this evening.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the classic horror novel, Elordi is a creature locked in a deadly feud with his maker, Victor Frankenstein (played by Oscar Isaac).
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong passion project Frankenstein jolted to life on Saturday night in Italy where the Netflix film received a splashy world premiere during the Venice Film Festival.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • While some people in Hollywood are more than willing to make a Frankenstein film that explores AI themes, del Toro emphasized that his work focused on telling a story rooted in the original themes and tropes from Mary Shelley’s novel.
    — Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Jacob Elordi has earned strong critical notices for his physically transformative portrayal of Victor Frankenstein’s monster; critics, meanwhile, like George Clooney’s turn as a famous Hollywood actor at the end of his tether well enough in Baumbach’s comedy.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025

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