grotesque
Example Sentences
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One former SNP head of communications claimed "a routine process" had been turned into a "grotesque spectacle".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
From a grotesque 230% valuation gap to a ticking energy crisis, this unstoppable market is more fragile than it looks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But it is a perfect example of the kind of stories we are going to start seeing juxtaposed with Hegseth’s grotesque rhetoric in these first few days of the war.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
"I don't think there is anything to celebrate. It seems like a pretty grotesque situation to me," said 26-year-old Carmen Ponce, whose brother Victor Hugo was disappeared in 2020.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
The chains holding Brer Fox forced his legs to walk around me like a grotesque puppet.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing grotesque
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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