ogreish
Example Sentences
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His physical description matched that of the ogreish man who had rushed out of her house shortly before she disappeared: He was 6-foot-4 and heavyset.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
Even an ogreish salmon-boat captain, a bachelor again at eighty-seven, was convinced that we were both in love with him.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015
Among other things, the company�long seen by Peruvians as an ogreish exploiter�was given new mandates to expand its activities and a $144 million tax write-off.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There is the ogreish dean who keeps his pristine daughter locked away in his gothic manse.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Her dower was all that showered golde, Like Dana�'s, could her lende, Yet dwelt she in the ogreish holde Of fell and fearsome fiende.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 by Various