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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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She added: "I for one would not want to come on holiday to a little Scottish village and have to go past the monstrosity that is being built."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Now that monstrosity is on the verge of being acquired by Paramount Skydance for $111 billion—though that will ultimately be decided next year following a big antitrust trial.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

This out of control monstrosity must be broken up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He’s just some mud-brown monstrosity roaming the Vale of Arryn and treating livestock like campfire marshmallows.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

He went left, and the building loomed ahead of him, a gray, white, and black monstrosity.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

"Look around you at these monstrosities of insanity, insolence, incompetence and degeneration," he declared in his opening address.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Obtaining an ugly sweater used to mean digging around in thrift stores or the backs of closets to find sometimes handmade monstrosities embellished with all sorts of corny Christmas creatures.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

And they look like monstrosities, but they’re so gentle.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

These monstrosities will smother beaches and erase views of the sea, but they are not high enough to block another 2011-sized wave.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

“I reckon everyone has those monstrosities in the city, ey?”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson


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