gruesome

Example Sentences

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Their favorite move is a gasp-laugh, as when they flash a gruesome image on screen that’s so disgusting you can’t help but giggle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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

At its peak, there were over 6,000 Shakers, joining Ann in rebuking the gruesome, incalculable evils of war and preaching moral generosity.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

And how close they had come to meeting a gruesome end in the forest, which only the quick thinking of the coachman, Old Timothy, had prevented!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood