grotesquely

Example Sentences

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Shock images of Argentine football icon Diego Maradona lying dead in bed, his stomach grotesquely swollen, rocked the negligence trial of his medical team on Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Its capital city Tehran is in the process of dying because of a grotesquely mismanaged water supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As an empirical observation, Summers was right—the world does work that way, illustrated most grotesquely in the Epstein debacle.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

He made his feature debut with 2022’s “You Won’t Be Alone,” a life-affirming fairy tale in which Marinca co-starred as a grotesquely disfigured witch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

His chartreuse polyester pants were grotesquely tight, and his acne had only gotten worse.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan