gory

Example Sentences

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In Ms. Skuse’s expert and frequently humorous telling, Renaissance medicine comes to life in all its gory and weird splendor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

That pact to respect the dignity of the deceased, redolent of the old-school media environment, where gory films had to be sought out on LiveLeak, did not last.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

His gory Southern-vampire horror film “Sinners,” which was released in mid-April, has been a massive hit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025

It is hard to understand why my vivid imagination and tendency toward scariness didn’t provide me with gory scenes of bloody crashes on a risco de Mexico.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou