grotesque
Example Sentences
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When I try to describe this epic work by the Belgian theater collective FC Bergman, I get bogged down in contradictions: Grotesque yet radiant.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
Grotesque as Frank and Julia are, the supernatural creatures pursuing him, the Cenobites, are the film's true stars, beings from a place where pleasure and pain are indistinct.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
Grotesque, but at the same time paired with such peculiar, delectating joy.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019
The larger dynamic exposed in her 55 often elaborate works might be described as American Grotesque.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2019
Grotesque figures forming the handles of small vases—terra cotta group.
From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry
Vocabulary lists containing grotesque
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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