grisly

Example Sentences

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This year, I squabbled more about this mean and grisly pandemic satire than any other movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Richard Thompson and chief executive Richard Gould have been in Sydney to see the grisly ending.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

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

Even so, it’s strange how one side of the road is so different from the other—high society on the left, grim and grisly on the right.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko