grotesque

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

English historian Simon Schama described Hegseth’s words as “a special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance.”

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Fair warning for those who dare to risk entry to the eerie and unsettling horror feature “Backrooms”: This film contains graphic, even grotesque imagery of early 1990s furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

One former SNP head of communications claimed "a routine process" had been turned into a "grotesque spectacle".

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

If not for Percy, those grotesque hags would have carried him away.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

Perhaps I would also check on some of the cathedral’s grotesques, which include Darth Vader and lots of whimsical creatures.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 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