Sentence examples for grotesque public from inspiring English sources

The best known of the Bolshevik higher-ups were subjected to grotesque public trials, the transcripts of which were duly translated and circulated around the world.

Coverage of Mexico's drug war has highlighted the grotesque public shows of violence: the decapitated corpses, the tortured bodies hung from bridges.

The only good that can come from such a grotesque public display of whimsy is a good old-fashioned bank robbery.

In the face of monumental pressure from the CIA to keep them secret, Obama demonstrated great courage in deciding to make the grotesque memos public.

[Page C9.] "People do not need to worry that there will be a grotesque commercialization of public spaces," Mr. Benepe stressed.

John Ashcroft, the attorney general, condemned hoaxes, saying that they were "grotesque violations of the public trust".

Slowly this is changing after a series of grotesque scandals as the public becomes more demanding and some staff see the benefits of transparency.

In Jack's case, our decision to ignore that has led to him becoming a cult figure who exerts a grotesque fascination over the public imagination.

It disturbs me that she is held up and bashed with especial hatred, base insults and grotesque mockery while male public figures far more loathsome are treated more respectfully.

He makes paintings that he admits are often too erotic for public museums, too grotesque for people's living rooms and too laced with a Lolita complex for non-Japanese tastes.He says he never thinks of collectors.

They needn't use what their general election strategist Lynton Crosby called a "dead cat strategy", which is to throw something so grotesque and alarming into the public debate that it distracts everyone from anything bad that you're doing at the time.