monstrous

Example Sentences

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We know we are not monsters, but we are equally sure that we have done monstrous things.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

When “Frankenstein” was first published without Shelley’s name, and chatter about its author began to spread, an early commentary in the British Critic scorned the dissonance between Shelley’s womanhood and the novel’s monstrous narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Only Byrne’s flashes of humor and desperately flailing humanity keep her on this side of monstrous.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Tennyson plunged into a monstrous grief that afflicted him for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Then his monstrous ugly face broke into a wide grin.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl