hideous
Example Sentences
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Face our fear and root it out, even if it means excavating the hideous rot of actual history?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
His real-life geniality provides a stark contrast to some of his most famous roles as monstrous men committing equally hideous deeds.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even more striking than the population growth of unicorns has been their swelling sizes, which has set off a portmantavalanche of hideous new classifications.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He’s now running for the hideous job of Los Angeles mayor, a citizen-avenger who wants justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Ranofer tried to scream but he could not, or else he screamed and could not hear it over the hideous reverberations of that other noise.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Vocabulary lists containing hideous
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