gruesome

Example Sentences

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Marcia finds it “difficult to imagine what her retirement would be like—impossible and rather gruesome to speculate on it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

That gruesome scenario is precisely what some analysts fear.

From Barron's

The film is partially based in reality; the Hayes character is inspired by Martin Donnelly, whose promising career was cut short in 1990 by a gruesome crash.

From Los Angeles Times

The serpent’s face snaps to the side, and it gives a gruesome hiss in response.

From Literature

She and Beowulf acted out a brief swordfight in which they both met gruesome ends, much like the conclusion of Hamlet.

From Literature