grisly
Example Sentences
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While Settle was initially unresponsive, deputies convinced him to allow the clients in, where local cremation company owner Gerry Wellman recounted a “grisly” scene of stacked, partially frozen pet bodies.
From Los Angeles Times
The temple’s treasurer, desperate to avoid a scandal, dragoons Gabriel into finding out who’s behind these grisly deeds.
“Sisu: Road to Revenge” If Buster Keaton were alive, he’d hail this grisly, mostly mute Finnish action flick as a worthy successor to “The General.”
From Los Angeles Times
This could get grisly, but let's hope there's a modicum of football played at Hampden.
From BBC
I’d traveled to Edinburgh with a dark purpose: to uncover the grisly stories and Gothic artifacts that helped inspire Mary Shelley to write one of the world’s most enduring horror tales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
