ghastly

Example Sentences

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Messrs. Hanke and Walker write that the fiscal picture is far worse even than it appears on the ghastly federal balance sheet:

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

David Wall, who has lived on the street for 44 years, said the piles of dumped black bags had contained dirty nappies, food waste and even a dead rat which caused a ghastly smell.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

His penance is to “pass, like night, from land to land,” repeating his story: “And till my ghastly tale is told, / This heart within me burns.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Kirk’s death was ghastly and contemptible, but in a media environment and country conditioned to move on, its shock is already beginning to wear off.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

I tried to keep my eyes to the ground, but there was no shutting out all the ghastly things we passed.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs