Sentence examples for man with grotesque from inspiring English sources
He was a man with grotesque ambitions".
In France and Italy, where Osborne's heart really belongs (despite some dutiful anti-anti-Americanism), Parker is seen as a tyrant, a man with "grotesque" methodology and a guru (not a compliment in France, where it has a distinct whiff of Jim Jones).
Through a family friend he became acquainted with Leonardo, whose interest in physiognomy — particularly his sketches of old men and women with grotesque faces — seems to have rubbed off on him.
Though Dracula may seem like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better known — Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), a name he earned for his favorite way of dispensing with his enemies.
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But why replace ugly with grotesque?
Exacting observation goes with grotesque theatre.
He spoke with grotesque insensitivity; he acted like a jerk.
The invisible man : a grotesque romance by H. G. Wells / Jonathan Gerken.
Even that can still end up with grotesque costs.
They're fed up with grotesque fat-cat salaries too.
