gory
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Her new single might be called “Spooky Action” but despite a few gory moments, there’s not much spooky action to be found in the film as a whole.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
And while we’ve never really had the full gory details and what that’s entailed, it’s obviously been a subject of informed speculation.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Season 1 was surprisingly great — a gory but smart, richly developed retro-futuristic reflection of class conflict — and wound up being one of Prime Video’s most-watched shows ever.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025
Atticus would hit the ceiling when Miss Muffett told him the gory story.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing gory
Bud, Not Buddy
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The Catcher in the Rye
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