morbid
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"This is going to sound a little morbid: I'm going to live my life, and it's going to end. When it ends, I'm going somewhere else, and I'm not going to be here any more."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
However, what Jemima and far too many children like her experience today goes far beyond morbid curiosity.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
This march is much too morbid, I realize, everyone clad in Tariq's death shroud.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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