gruesome

Example Sentences

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It’s also getting more gruesome, and therefore less fun.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

There are also concerns about the gruesome foot blisters that hampered Djokovic.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

But there were no crashes on a course that has a track record for some gruesome wipeouts and evacuation by helicopter.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Marcia finds it “difficult to imagine what her retirement would be like—impossible and rather gruesome to speculate on it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In his view, “the ban on gruesome fairy tales, terrifying nursemaids and other standard sources of horror, has left most of the population” vulnerable to scary stories and situations.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow