grisly

Example Sentences

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This could get grisly, but let's hope there's a modicum of football played at Hampden.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Fey’s Noem cracks focused on the grisly story of shooting a dog that the former governor and current Department of Homeland Security head included in her memoir.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It was also a turbulent time - the Tate's collection tracks the nation's journey from a British colony, to a fledging, independent country, to the setting of a grisly civil war.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

Gingersnipes looked at Clare with even more disgust than when she’d first seen his grisly face.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman