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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a gruesome note" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a note that contains disturbing or horrifying content, often in contexts related to crime, horror, or unsettling situations.
Example: "The detective found a gruesome note left at the crime scene, detailing the perpetrator's intentions."
Alternatives: "a macabre message" or "a chilling letter".
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The mythological affair between Jason and Medea ended on a gruesome note, but in true 17th-century Venetian style, tragedy and comedy are interwoven in Francesco Cavalli's infrequently performed "Giasone".
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Another note states about their meeting in the dungeon: "This is a sequence of gruesome comedy — of dancing skeletons — fantastic shadows — witchcraft and deviltry".
It made a gruesome noise inside my body.
He had the good sense to spring to safety before the beast first crushed and then vivisected him, but, as Steinberg notes in a gruesome chapter called "Blades of Thunder," others were not so fortunate during this period.
Or take something less gruesome, the Post-it Note.
The second, much improved episode of the X-Files reboot after last night's mildly appalling agglomeration of false starts begins on a perfectly series-appropriate note, which is to say a gruesome death by invisible means.
It is a gruesome convulsion.
A gruesome murder.
It was a gruesome scene.
IT WAS a gruesome crime.
"Finning" sharks is a gruesome business.
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