monstrousness

Example Sentences

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It’s not just queer folks who have embraced monsters and monstrousness, pulling power from what was once considered strange or different.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

The constant is monstrousness, or grotesquerie, presented with a nod and a wink that doesn’t lessen the viewer’s subsequent impulse to take a shower.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

It is difficult to challenge the character’s monstrousness when we know so little about Chris, the man.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

More crucially, Victor thinks the monstrousness is inherent in the creature itself rather than something that emerged as a result of his neglect.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

I understood the monstrousness of his plan, but nothing could lessen my joy at the prospect of obeying.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine