ghastly

Example Sentences

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Messrs. Hanke and Walker write that the fiscal picture is far worse even than it appears on the ghastly federal balance sheet:

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

His penance is to “pass, like night, from land to land,” repeating his story: “And till my ghastly tale is told, / This heart within me burns.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Some conservative backlash seems to come from the idea that Kirk’s page should double as an online memorial, smoothing away his edges out of respect for the ghastly way he died.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

Hours later a ghastly X-ray showing the damage done to the 34-year-old's teeth went viral on social media, but Whittaker says the experience wasn't as bad as fans made it out to be.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Arai wheeled overhead on leathery wings, making ghastly dark silhouettes in the poison clouds.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan