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Discover LudwigThe phrase "gruesome state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is horrifying or disturbing, often in a physical or emotional context. Example: "The crime scene was left in a gruesome state, with evidence of violence scattered everywhere."
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He played Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola's take on the gruesome state of combat in the Vietnam war, no doubt tapping into his brief real-life army stint during the Korean war.
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She voted to abolish capital punishment after a gruesome murder in her state, losing her Assembly seat as a result.
Here, finally, after 42 years of brutal, absolute, quirky and murderous power, is Colonel Qaddafi laid out to rot on a concrete floor in a meat locker in Misurata before his secret burial in the desert — a lying in state so gruesome that the Libyans who formed lines to see him had to wear face masks to filter the odor of putrefaction.
As my colleague Neil MacFarquhar reports, the flood of video documenting atrocities in Syria has intensified in the past 24 hours, with gruesome images broadcast on state television following bomb blasts in the city of Aleppo and more clips posted online by opposition activists of the assault on besieged neighborhoods of Homs.
Charles Warner, Richard Glossip, and two other prisoners sentenced to death in Oklahoma had filed a lawsuit against the state after its gruesome execution of Clayton Lockett.
Gruesome photos allegedly show Islamic State throwing gay men off a tall building.
Gruesome Photos Allegedly Show Islamic State Throwing Gay Men Off a Tall Building.
One year after writing about a gruesome summer of trans murders, the state of emergency in the United States for trans women, especially trans women of color, seems more prevalent than ever.
Having heard about the gruesome tales about the bad state in which Pakistan's government owned institutions are, I always wanted to find out the real condition of these state run educational institutes rather than believing what others had to say about them.
It's more gruesome than frightening, with more state-of-the-art organs and arterial sprays than a season of "E.R".
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