gross out

Example Sentences

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“Class” has the “old friends keep old secrets” vibe of “Yellowjackets,” but instead of horror, it’s a comedy with the feral, silly strangeness of “Last Man on Earth,” happy to bounce between real emotional intensity and gross-out humor.

From New York Times

Inspired by the slasher films of the 1980s, not to mention great horror-comedies from that era like the “Evil Dead” films, Banks grasps the comic potential of the gross-out.

From New York Times

Hunter Johnson’s gross-out, low-budget indie is a scrappy lesson in how to make potent horror on a dime.

From New York Times

In a landscape of overtly wasteful "cooking videos" crafted for nothing other than gross-out humor and clout — not to mention cringeworthy recipe videos like Paula Patton's fried chicken — a certain wholesomeness came through, breaking through the sardonic, hard-edged shell of the internet's collective consciousness.

From Salon

Flip through TV channels and you’ll come across “adventurous eating” programs, in which hosts and contestants are served all manner of stomach-clenching foods; reality shows that take a deep dive into the work of pimple-popping dermatologists; and gross-out comedies that deploy tasteless humor—think vomiting and urination—to make viewers laugh.

From Scientific American