hideousness
Example Sentences
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Those monsters represent the hideousness of the human soul.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
She added they would "show how music and creativity can bring unity in times of just hideousness".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2022
Let’s hold off on confessions of hideousness until we’ve examined those burning bubbles in your chest — which, by the way, is a pretty good description of the physical sensation of envy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Krasinski has clearly absorbed a lesson in conceptual economy from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," and like a "Jaws"-era Steven Spielberg, he takes his time revealing the monsters in all their sharp-fanged, big-eared hideousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2018
Here the real business was up close and on top of you: gas stations, Wal-Marts, Kmarts, Dunkin Donuts, Blockbuster Videos, a ceaseless unfolding pageant of commercial hideousness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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