morbid

Example Sentences

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Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

To make his point, Panahi recalls a morbid memory from when he was around 10 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

One of Paris's top tourist attractions -- and certainly its most morbid -- closes to visitors from Monday for six months of renovations.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Though born in London, Shelley lived in Scotland before writing her novel and later credited the country’s bleak landscapes with giving “airy flights” to her morbid imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

It was just a museum display, albeit an excessively morbid one.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs