gruesome

Example Sentences

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But after considering the most gruesome what-ifs, I reasoned that having a landline would guard against me missing emergency communications.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

It’s an example that underscores how our gruesome microbial adversaries are not, after all, very old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

There are 17km of safety nets erected on the iconic piste and 180 impact-protection mats are strategically placed down the icy slope, which has been the scene of some gruesome crashes over the years.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Our glamorous and gruesome history is all there in a close-up of “Chinatown’s” Jack Nicholson: a movie star with a mutilated nose.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

She could not help but assume the worst and pictured a gruesome mess of flying feathers, and a distraught Dr. Westminster, too.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood