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 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

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

I was quite proud of the calm way I stared at all these gruesome things.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath