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He had spent two years in a standard hospital bed, provided by the NHS, which he described as "hideously uncomfortable" and like "torture".

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

When everyone is amazingly amazing at being amazing, however, the experience is so rote that you’ll be rooting for something to go hideously wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

By 1986 she and my father were divorcing, and hideously.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2024

He’s just a hideously rich guy who wants to be president; this has never happened before, and would surely set a new precedent.

From Slate Nov. 9, 2023

The snowmen the squires had built had grown into monstrous giants, ten feet tall and hideously misshapen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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