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
David Plotz: What is a story about the family and the family dynamics that most shocked you, that seemed most grotesque when you told your wife about it?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
Carr’s threat is a grotesque distortion of the FCC’s mandate.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 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
At her forecastle stood a grotesque figurehead, some worm-eaten wooden eminence with a constipated look and a scroll tucked up under one arm.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing grotesque
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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