Sentence examples for to grotesque from inspiring English sources

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to grotesque

adjective

Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous

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An autocratic bent leads to grotesque blunders.

What moves someone to eat to grotesque excess?

Alex is finally arrested and subjected to grotesque psychological experiments.

Food also lent itself to grotesque bodily symbolism.

It requires outsiders to turn a blind eye to grotesque abuses of human rights.

Petrified versions of Boucher and Fragonard sit next to grotesque concoctions conjuring Redon, Ensor, and Bacon.

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Mr. Kitten is too pure a classical dancer to adjust immediately to its grotesque aspects.

Violent hate crimes, including unnecessary gun violence, have escalated to a grotesque level; we need to do all we can to eliminate them.

In the poor, it leads to a grotesque and murderous envy to be like the rich.

Though not opposed to hunting in general, he finds trophy hunting to be "grotesque".

Verloop molds, tucks and sews worn flesh-colored stockings to create fleshly objects that range from cartoonish to utterly grotesque.

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