hideously

Example Sentences

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Hideously transmogrified, they struggle upstream past the banks of Pacific Northwest lakes, rivers and streams in an intricate and terrifying water ballet.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Hideously mangled by an earlier car, one cricket—let’s call him, oh, Chester, shall we?—struggled mightily, and with much antenna-waving, to right himself.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2013

Hideously, desperately, overwhelmingly in love with him, just as ridiculous girls always were with men they oughtn't to think of.

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

"Hideously dead, Dick,—and in his pocket we found this!" and Barnabas produced a dirty and crumpled piece of paper, and put it into the Viscount's reluctant hand.

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery