grotesquerie

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Examples of grotesquerie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The show both mirrors and skewers the grotesqueries of online life. Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 9 June 2023 As a case in point, the recent British referendum over the United Kingdom’s membership in the EU was a reckless gamble that took a very real issue—the need for more open and legitimate contestation in the EU—and turned it into a political grotesquerie of shamelessly opportunistic political elites. Kathleen R. McNamara, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016 Doja later clarified the origins of the tattoo in question—a part-human, part-animal creature—by sharing the source material to Instagram; the 1616 artwork De Monstris by Fortunio Licenti, which depicts several such grotesqueries combining human features with elements nature. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 June 2023 Further coverage alit on other Qatari grotesqueries: its lack of free expression, its brutal treatment of homosexuals, and the general subjugation of Qatari women. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for grotesquerie 

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“Grotesquerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grotesquerie. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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