grotesque
Example Sentences
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Fair warning for those who dare to risk entry to the eerie and unsettling horror feature “Backrooms”: This film contains graphic, even grotesque imagery of early 1990s furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
One former SNP head of communications claimed "a routine process" had been turned into a "grotesque spectacle".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
That’s what prompted VanDyke to write this grotesque dissent.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Instead, his grotesque behavior backfired and has drawn even more insults and rejections.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing grotesque
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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