monstrous
Example Sentences
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It’s a treat to see him here on the set of “Thriller,” insisting that director John Landis show his whole, monstrous body.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
It became clear that what at first appeared to him and his father as another of the floods that afflicted Mystic every few years grew inexorably through the night until it became monstrous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
"They are heading into a free week to prepare for a monstrous clash next weekend."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
The Russian foreign ministry described the strike as a "monstrous crime against the peaceful population".
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
They’d fashioned sticks into fake spears and pretended the two of them alone could defend their city from the creatures of the Greater Jungle, the monstrous beasts of legend.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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