carbuncle

Example Sentences

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He disdained a proposed addition to London’s National Gallery as “a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

The plan, included a modern-looking curved glass courtyard, was, according to Charles, “a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

He famously described an extension to London's National Gallery in 1984 as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2022

In 1984, Prince Charles famously described a proposed National Gallery extension as a "monstrous carbuncle".

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2016

He stood there as if be were drying himself in the sun, with a wingspread of about eleven feet, a bright orange head and a magenta carbuncle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White