monstrous

Example Sentences

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Only those of us who knew her best were aware, beneath all the activity, of the monstrous fear that drove her on.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

The Russian foreign ministry described the strike as a "monstrous crime against the peaceful population".

From Barron's

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

But even with a figure as arguably monstrous as Jackson, there are complications.

From BBC