grotesqueness
Example Sentences
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The grotesqueness of Eunice’s boss, Jane, a product-damaged monster who is all face and very little body, if not unachievable in live-action — Katherine Helmond in “Brazil” comes to mind — isn’t really sustainable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
So do scribbly, charming drawings of a cat and studies of feet that emphasize grotesqueness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Chinese Grand Prix always felt expendable in a calendar already swollen to grotesqueness.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2020
The multifarious cast members combine raw psychological realism with Dickensian grotesqueness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2017
The figure of the pudgy Jacob in the foreground had a callow grotesqueness.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
