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also zombi
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Recent Examples of zombie
The zombie movie that started it all, 1968's Night of the Living Dead, established all the genre's rules in one short, sharp shocker.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The trauma and drugs put him in a zombie-like state, a supporting character in his own origin story.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
The real fun happens outside, where Ana navigates the destruction the zombie plague has wrought on her peaceful suburban neighborhood — but not before a neighbor tries to steal her car and gets pancaked by an ambulance.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The trauma and drugs put him in a zombie-like state, a supporting character in his own origin story.
—
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
The real fun happens outside, where Ana navigates the destruction the zombie plague has wrought on her peaceful suburban neighborhood — but not before a neighbor tries to steal her car and gets pancaked by an ambulance.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for zombie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zombie
Noun
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In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell.
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Taylor-Johnson starred as Friedrich Harding, a skeptic set in his belief that vampires don’t exist.
Noun
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There are many cons to dating a succubus.
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The Warrens attempted to vanquish the succubus with prayer, crosses and holy water, and even had a police officer with them for protection.
Noun
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Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
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As boss-man turns into a cantering, slavering, apparently all-over treble-jointed ghoul, Young-cheol announces that his own living blood contains the only antidote.
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“Zombie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zombie. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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