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gruesome

(= ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror ghastly wounds the grim aftermath of the bombing the grim task of burying the victims a grisly murder gruesome evidence of human sacrifice macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages macabre tortures conceived by madmen

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Simple sentences

When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death.
Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.
He set out to make a movie as gruesome as humanly possible.

Movie subtitles

In the West Indies, authorities are baffled. by gruesome crime sprees. committed by men with the strength of an army.
This is the most gruesome-looking piece of blubber I've ever peered at.
Yeah, it's gruesome, isn't it?
What a gruesome proof of the power of the press.
He gets a little bit gruesome every once in a while.
It sounds a little gruesome.
Let him dispose of everything. It'll be less gruesome that way.
It has a vague family resemblance to Dorian. A sort of middle-aged, mad, gruesome uncle. with a debauched face and blood all over him.
It was really gruesome.
Want some cheap, gruesome gags?
Tom, you're a man of gruesome courage but moving on Ubachi without support is as sensible as a hotfoot in hell.
It can't be! It's too gruesome!
Well, what's so gruesome about Thursday?
What gruesome flowers.
What a gruesome thought.
It'll be less gruesome that way.
What a gruesome idea.
No, but it sounds terribly gruesome.
Grim, grisly, or gruesome, you marry Griswold.
So gruesome!
It's too gruesome.
That's too gruesome a death.
Where's tall, dark and gruesome?
Can't we skip these gruesome details?
That's what it is, gruesome.
And gruesome's in there waiting for you.
I don't know, but it's really gruesome.
It's too gruesome!
Well, uh. what's so gruesome about thursday?
The Aztecs have some gruesome habits.
Kill your gruesome boys, gruesome. any too quick for me.

News and current affairs

For the grievances and harm suffered daily by millions of victims and refugees remain as gruesome as ever, notwithstanding the fatigue from the prolonged conflict that some may perceive.
It took Europe gruesome religious wars, two world wars, and more than one genocide to resolve its endemic disputes over borders and nationalism.
There are gruesome tales of young people who have been forced to sell their kidneys and other organs simply to survive.
It also took with it into oblivion an unknown number of parasite species that made the monkey their home - parasites that might have included viruses, bacteria, protozoans, fungi, tapeworms, and other gruesome creatures.
New to the gruesome game, Kennedy tried to have it both ways, by letting it proceed, but without US air cover.
There was no limit on the number of witnesses the prosecution called to testify about the same gruesome story of Serbian aggression and brutality.
Instead, the world gaped at the nobility of spirit displayed each and every day before the TRC, as victims of gruesome atrocities forgave their tormentors - and even embraced them on occasion.
Although severe assaults, including some gruesome rapes, may approach some murders in severity, and might conceivably call for capital punishment, I do not support its use in these cases.
But a coherent Iraqi state - whether unitary, federal, or confederal - will not grow out of a society in which one part of the population views Saddam, rightly, as a gruesome oppressor, while another part reveres him as a hero and martyr.
Yet diamonds have led to gruesome murders, as well as widespread rapes and amputations.
It took Europe gruesome religious wars, two world wars, and more than one genocide to resolve its endemic disputes over borders and nationalism. Its record in colonialism wrote monstrous pages in human history.
LONDON - This summer, a gruesome tragedy unfolded aboard a ship in the Mediterranean Sea.
Security forces attacked peaceful protesters, jailed opposition leaders, sent thousands of their supporters to gruesome detention camps, and accused independent journalists of treason - a crime punishable by death.
CAMBRIDGE - The Islamic State has captured the world's attention with gruesome videos of beheadings, wanton destruction of antiquities, and skilled use of social media.

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