Sentence examples for gruesome attempt from inspiring English sources

Julian Sands narrates The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar, a somewhat gruesome attempt by a "mesmerist" to isolate and examine the instant of death.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is not only one of the most difficult songs in its genre but also one of the hardest songs to sing, period — "fiendish" was how Brian Zeger, artistic director for vocal arts at Juilliard, described it to the Los Angeles Times after an especially gruesome attempt by Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, during the most recent N.F.L. playoffs.

The gruesome attack was captured on video.

Other than the events of Sonic Heroes that took place three months prior, Shadow remembers only two things: his name and "that gruesome image" of his attempt to escape the space station ARK with Gerald Robotnik's granddaughter Maria and her death by gunshot from G.U.N. soldiers.

Some are quite gruesome; including accounts of attempts to dispose of bodies, which is apparently quite difficult.

When I was released, I looked up his case and learnt all about the alcoholic father, the childhood abuse, the live birds he pinned to the ground, the pet tortoise he set on fire, the early prison experiences, the many suicide attempts and the gruesome details of his eventual crimes.

Their bodies were passed to the anatomists after another law change in 1832, this time an attempt to stop the gruesome trade in digging up graveyards.

Coe thickens the texture with a sub-plot involving Thomas's mother-in-law's attempt to confront the gruesome past when German soldiers razed her idyllic Belgian village.

Although the identities of the men are disguised in the 90-minute documentary, they make no attempt to hide the gruesome details of the massacre, with some boasting about their killing skills with AK-47 assault rifles and butchers' knives.

Less than three minutes into the game, Sooners defensive lineman Adrian Taylor suffered a gruesome leg injury after a Stanford rushing attempt.

The murder of his own mother and the attempts to cover it up were gruesome enough, but what makes it especially chilling is that it was committed by someone so young and still so dependent on his mother.