monstrousness

Example Sentences

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This is where they celebrate their bigness, their too-muchness, their monstrousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

It’s not just queer folks who have embraced monsters and monstrousness, pulling power from what was once considered strange or different.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

It is difficult to challenge the character’s monstrousness when we know so little about Chris, the man.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

According to "The Spinsters of Horror," Veruca's "depiction of femininity and monstrousness is strong. Veruca is a confident, sexy, intelligent woman and she is immediately seen as a threat to the women of the Scoobies."

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2022

I understood the monstrousness of his plan, but nothing could lessen my joy at the prospect of obeying.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine