monstrous

Example Sentences

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We know we are not monsters, but we are equally sure that we have done monstrous things.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Tennyson plunged into a monstrous grief that afflicted him for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Van Der Beek communicates an unmistakable feeling that there is a good person somewhere inside his character, dying to break free of the tortured fate his monstrous doppelganger has created for him.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

In Ryan Coogler’s Imax spectacle, where the blues collides with vampires, the monstrous transformation commences with Pearline’s siren call: “Pale, Pale Moon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

If Hoover was intimidated by the sight of this monstrous Texan, he didn’t show it: he told White that he needed to discuss a matter of the utmost urgency with him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann