grotesque

"It's not something we've asked for and actually I think it looks quite grotesque in the climate that we're in."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Once the viewer understands where Refn is headed, they can submit themselves to his grotesque neon visions.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Southern writers were drawn to the grotesque, Flannery O’Connor wrote, because they conceived of humankind theologically, in relation to the Fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

One of the most grotesque displays on view is an albumen print of an 1863 photo titled “A Harvest of Death,” taken by Timothy H. O’Sullivan after the Battle of Gettysburg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

A blaze of glittering lights brightly illuminated the water and the grotesque scene.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Part of this is in the rich tradition of European reporters sojourning in the United States who find casual grotesques about Americans far more lucrative and less taxing than actually trying to meet the natives.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

But he had his own quirky, even obsessive interests—in all things ancient and Roman, in architecture, and especially in the hybrid ornamental figures known as grotesques.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

With the genre claiming 17% of the domestic box office for 2025, production studios are eager to feed our seemingly bottomless appetite for cinematic grotesques, especially those based on true stories.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

Terra cotta grotesques add a bit of whimsy to the roof.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022

"Speaking for the grotesques," he said, "I beg to differ. Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin