carbuncle

Example Sentences

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Soccer City, a monstrous carbuncle looming over Soweto, was the venue.

From The Guardian

A rust carbuncle the size of a quarter on the side of a gleaming white ocean liner can bleed, leaving a vertical rust stripe.

From Los Angeles Times

For some, they were characterised by concrete carbuncles, tower blocks and social problems.

From BBC

He called the buildings along Glasgow's riverside a "desolate wasteland of incompetent architectural carbuncles".

From BBC

“The Baltimore justice system is a cesspool,” the McCanns wrote to Hogan, “a foul carbuncle benighting the people of Baltimore and Maryland.”

From Washington Post