monstrosity

Example Sentences

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And so was the Kennedy Center in its monstrosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

While sympathizing with the need for more affordable housing, Maupin said in a video posted on Facebook that Align’s proposal is “a bit of a monstrosity, from the pictures I’ve seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Lieberman’s bill fused those two into a new agency, Customs and Border Protection—with Immigration and Customs Enforcement created as an initially small internal police force—then jammed them all into the hydra-headed monstrosity that is DHS.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

At last they drifted back to where that monstrosity, the wooden horse, stood, and they gathered around it, puzzled what to do with it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton