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

But that may have been the actor’s way of absolving himself of his monstrous off-screen behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The Russian foreign ministry described the strike as a "monstrous crime against the peaceful population".

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 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

Dirt was in every corner, angle, crevice of the monstrous stove, and lived behind it in delirious communion with the corrupted wall.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin