Details that look fine at an intended size appear grotesque or coarse when enlarged.
Visually, they were outstanding, despite plots and acting that can now appear grotesque.
In the light of what was later revealed of the Mao-made famine of 1958-62 (see article) and the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, those views now appear grotesque.
Brutal, despairing riots swept across the ancient working-class neighborhoods near here less than a year ago, and vast public dollars devoted to sport could appear grotesque.
The growth of the alternative theatre circuit in Britain in the 1960s and '70s, which brought performances to small intimate rooms, similarly pushed the actor to try all means of characterization other than makeup, which appeared grotesque at close range.
Julian – one of the Hemingway wannabes who, Ozick observes with fine disdain, flock to the city to "play at existentialism and found avant-garde journals... and brag of having sighted Sartre at the Deux Magots" – becomes entangled with a Romanian refugee, Lili; in the light of her brutal history, his jejune posturing appears unbearably grotesque.
"The scenery appeared bizarre, grotesque, even surreal.
Appearing in grotesque and terrifying forms, they were said to haunt their living relatives and cause them injury.
May 15 , 1925Normal, Illinois May 7 , 1972Lexington, Kentucky Ralph Eugene Meatyard, (born May 15 , 1925 Normal, Illinois, U.S. died May 7 , 1972 Lexington, Kentucky), American photographer and optician known for his photographs in which family members and friends appear wearing grotesque masks.
At one point the club's members do a snake-like conga through a smoke-filled room, at another they appear in grotesque animal masks, and, throughout, a pointed contrast is drawn between the cliquey drinkers and the clacking typewriters of the Labour offices nearby.
