excrescence

Example Sentences

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“Do you take this excrescence to be your husband?”

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020

Things didn't improve from there, with The Observer calling it "shameless excrescence" in 2017.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2018

Its head is a sculptural confection of broken cycles, its rear a writhing excrescence of black rubber loops.

From Economist • Oct. 26, 2017

“It is the most absorbing of occupations, the least satisfying of desires, an aimless excrescence upon life. It annihilates a man.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2016

So-called physical phenomena are a comparatively modern excrescence on the main growth.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles