barbarity
Example Sentences
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Gein’s simmering psychosis coupled with the barbarity of his crimes made him an ideal horror archetype.
From Los Angeles Times
“The barbarity and horror that we’ve never been able to see in our lifetimes… now, we see it before our eyes on phone screens.”
From Los Angeles Times
When the film finally gets to its Grand Guignol climax, it rushes through the barbarity, taking no delight in it.
From Los Angeles Times
As the games’ barbarity increases, the survivors’ enthusiasm for risk grows.
From Salon
But Harris didn’t leave it to the imagination, outlining a litany of barbarities that await should Trump slink back into the Oval Office: Journalists and his political opponents jailed.
From Los Angeles Times
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