grotesqueness
Example Sentences
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So do scribbly, charming drawings of a cat and studies of feet that emphasize grotesqueness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
With its use of caricature, distortion and exaggeration, art can look “grotesque” without conveying grotesqueness; indeed, it can convey something quite the opposite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
For Angela — for Jude — Tate basically functions as yet another emblem of Bobita’s grotesqueness and of a larger worldview, one that has reduced everything to its market value.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
And adding to the grotesqueness of the events that day, the police told investigators they believed that a 12-year-old was actually 20 years old.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2015
The Commedia is open to all the attacks that can be made on grotesqueness and extravagance.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
