carbuncle

Example Sentences

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Soccer City, a monstrous carbuncle looming over Soweto, was the venue.

From The Guardian

A rust carbuncle the size of a quarter on the side of a gleaming white ocean liner can bleed, leaving a vertical rust stripe.

From Los Angeles Times

For some, they were characterised by concrete carbuncles, tower blocks and social problems.

From BBC

Sure, it is a monstrous carbuncle, a mess of wooden planks, cobblestone and dirt.

From The Guardian

Usefully, Bertie, who generally is “not frightfully up on the personnel of the political world,” knows Spode personally, and considers him a loathsome “carbuncle.”

From New York Times