hideously

Example Sentences

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Hideously transmogrified, they struggle upstream past the banks of Pacific Northwest lakes, rivers and streams in an intricate and terrifying water ballet.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Hideously mangled by an earlier car, one cricket—let’s call him, oh, Chester, shall we?—struggled mightily, and with much antenna-waving, to right himself.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2013

Hideously crowded as they were, he felt almost kindly disposed towards them.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford

"Hideously dead, Dick,—and in his pocket we found this!" and Barnabas produced a dirty and crumpled piece of paper, and put it into the Viscount's reluctant hand.

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

Hideously rigid order reigned in the unused room.

From The Black Robe by Collins, Wilkie