hideous
Example Sentences
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He walked seven batters every nine innings, which is hideous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Rathnayake charged him a ball later and was caught skying a hideous swipe.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
The author tells us about these hideous people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Overnight my finger had become more hideous than Antony Ralston's backpass against Switzerland at last year's Euros.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
“It really is a gargantuanly hideous picture. I chose it to hide the safe on the reckoning that nobody could possibly want to steal it.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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