The woman appears grotesque, but the work expresses an anguished compassion.
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.
The grotesque violence of Isis can thus be presented inside a worldview where it appears that its aims are just, even when the means are abhorrent.
It appeared in a grotesque cartoon that ran last week in The New York Post.
That is tricky when it appears to have gone after conservatives (and, in a grotesque conflict of interest, anti-tax groups) after some Democratic senators had publicly suggested this would be a good idea.
If it appears to be exciting and there's lots of lurid sex, grotesque murders and glaringly obvious red herrings, believability is the last of your worries.
A review in Time on March 17 , 1941 began: As in some grotesque fable, it appeared last week that Hollywood was about to turn upon and destroy its greatest creation.
