Sentence examples for ugliness from from inspiring English sources

AS THE economic tide recedes, it exposes all manner of ugliness, from the gargantuan fraud of Bernard Madoff to books-fiddling at Satyam.

In "On Ugliness," Mr. Eco addresses the fascination in painting, sculpture, poetry and literature with the grotesque and disgusting, chronicling formulations of ugliness from Plato to punk rock.

Ugliness from the meritocrats, who are remarkably dismissive of their less fortunate fellow citizens (of all the myths about America, the myth that it is not a class-conscious society is perhaps the most risible).

The nearly anthropological view of local customs (the Bastille Day festivities are extraordinarily detailed and teeming set pieces) doesn't spare any ugliness, from endemic and unchallenged racism to a heritage of violence.

Women participating in the hashtag felt a powerful sense of global support and community when we spoke out on about our experiences – and we faced a wall of threats, insults, and ugliness from people who prefer that women maintain the silent status quo.

I know it will usher in ugliness from the Right.

A Salon article by the writer Laura Miller saw the self-avowed Lovecraft fan write that "we need to be able to accept the truth that even great artists – greater ones than Lovecraft, certainly – have their ugly sides, and that ugliness can be inextricable from their greatness.

Of lovely vistas carved from ugliness by human beings".

But absurdity is not a satisfying distraction from ugliness.

But neither did I anticipate the ugliness that erupted from the bench.

We have a devilish fascination with his ugliness — we shrink from it but want to look, too.