Thesaurus / grotesque
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While that imagery is grotesque, such skin-related fretting is commonplace among QAnon followers.
QANON? FAR FROM GONESEAN CULLIGANJUNE 25, 2021OZYIt would fit conventional wisdom to fault Nixon for the grotesque policy mistakes of the ongoing war on drugs.
THE WAR ON DRUGS TURNS 50 TODAY. IT’S TIME TO MAKE PEACE.DAVID FARBERJUNE 17, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith films that look like works of art — some grotesque, others gentle — Szumowska made her English debut with the 2019 horror film, The Other Lamb, about life in a cult.
THE NEXT AVA DUVERNAYSSEAN CULLIGANAPRIL 25, 2021OZYIn the opening of this novel, which is set in 1991, a grotesque personal tragedy has caused Anna to take to the road, abandoning her job, her husband and baby son.
IN HER NOVEL ‘WHEN THE STARS GO DARK,’ PAULA MCLAIN DRAWS ON ABUSE CASES, INCLUDING HER OWNMAUREEN CORRIGANAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat dignity resides in the miserable daily onslaught of unexpected maladies and misfortunes, some of which boggle the mind in their grotesque improbability but all of which must be ignored instantly and totally.
THE NATIONALS DIDN’T SEEK THIS PAIN, BUT THEY MIGHT BE GROWING FROM ITTHOMAS M. BOSWELLAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTragically, the author of this short story collection — who once described himself as “a grotesque parody of the model minority” — died last year at 28.
12 ASIAN WRITERS TO WATCHKATE BARTLETTAPRIL 8, 2021OZYThe wealth gap in this country is grotesque, and highly correlated with race.
WHY I’M GIVING UP MY BOARD SEAT TO MAKE ROOM FOR SOMEONE FROM AN UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITYJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNEHowever, the way Alexander weaves together the grotesque, shameful history of the institution of slavery and shows that through systems both perpetuated and accepted by society, its worst effects were not only allowed to continue—but were thriving.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FORTUNE’S 40 UNDER 40 IN TECHRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNEThe costumes were exceedingly grotesque and suggestive of the New rather than of the Old World.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWORDS RELATED TO GROTESQUE
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