hunchbacked
Example Sentences
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One of the most well-known is Shakespeare's Richard III, the scheming hunchbacked king.
From Salon
That is, the hunchbacked hangman’s line from “Blazing Saddles”: “This one is a doozy.”
From New York Times
Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services.
From New York Times
For the future “great man” of French literature, the book’s main attraction was the gothic cathedral itself, not its hunchbacked bell-ringer.
From The Guardian
It is certainly true that until recently Mr Munganasa would never have got away with a show in which an actor bounces around hunchbacked in imitation of Mr Mugabe.
From Economist
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