hideous

Example Sentences

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No Triple Crown, no hope of winning the Six Nations title, no end to their hideous run of defeats against Ireland - now standing at 12 and with no discernible sign of it stopping there.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Most of us have received at least one Christms present that missed the mark - a jumper that doesn't fit, a hideous ornament or a perfume you don't like.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

She imagined herself forced to wrestle a huge and hideous Egyptian in the arena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

That two of them involve hideous versions of childbirth isn’t accidental.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

“I kind of like this one, but I’m just not sure about it,” she says, pointing to a hideous mess of a room that’s as far from modern as you can imagine.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh