monstrous

Example Sentences

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“This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

But Russian thistle is a monstrous piece of botanical grotesquerie, loathed by all.

From The Wall Street Journal

Circumstances spiral, cruelty reasserts itself and The Creature learns — again — that humans will never see him as anything but monstrous, no matter how faithfully he tries to mirror their kindness.

From Salon

"By looking at genetic results like this, there's a risk of stigma. People out there might think, 'Is my diagnosis being linked to somebody who did such monstrous things?'"

From BBC

Her material lack exists stoically in the shadow of the family’s monstrous excess.

From Los Angeles Times