gory
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to find a more influential game than this gory, controversial game from Id Software.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
And while we’ve never really had the full gory details and what that’s entailed, it’s obviously been a subject of informed speculation.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
Season 1 was surprisingly great — a gory but smart, richly developed retro-futuristic reflection of class conflict — and wound up being one of Prime Video’s most-watched shows ever.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025
But later on Wednesday night, the full extent of those emails were published by Bloomberg, and the prime minister read the exchanges in all their gory glory.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Irene Reilly’s relatives always had gory biographies that were worth hearing.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing gory
Bud, Not Buddy
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