monstrous

Example Sentences

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These deficits have accumulated into a monstrous debt.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

We know we are not monsters, but we are equally sure that we have done monstrous things.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

But that may have been the actor’s way of absolving himself of his monstrous off-screen behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

When “Frankenstein” was first published without Shelley’s name, and chatter about its author began to spread, an early commentary in the British Critic scorned the dissonance between Shelley’s womanhood and the novel’s monstrous narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

I stopped and stared at the ground just in time to see what looked like a monstrous spider scurry into a hole.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling