hideously

Example Sentences

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When everyone is amazingly amazing at being amazing, however, the experience is so rote that you’ll be rooting for something to go hideously wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

On the screen we saw an aerial view of destroyed buildings, cratered streets, a bifurcated highway and then CSUN’s 2-year-old C-lot parking structure, which was bent hideously, like a broken leg.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

He’s just a hideously rich guy who wants to be president; this has never happened before, and would surely set a new precedent.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2023

Days afterward he can tolerate sunlight and eat food, but his other vampire powers are hideously and hilariously irregular.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2023

Bull’s face was hideously contorted as he stood face to face with Ben, who was trembling involuntarily.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy