How to Use monstrous in a Sentence

monstrous

adjective
  • It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years.
  • If many Maya gods look grotesque, even monstrous, at least one, the Maize God, does not.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But for now, Maxey's monstrous first month of the campaign has vaulted him to the front of the MIP pack.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The scene where Grace goes to visit her monstrous father (Ian Pirie) in prison nudges the movie off the rails.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Zach Bryan has a monstrous week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 9).
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The network is still built in Rupert’s monstrous image, and it is built to last.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Lee had a monstrous first half with three tackles for loss and a forced fumble.
    Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Braves opened a monstrous 36-14 gap over the Zebras at the intermission.
    Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The monster of a monitor may have a monstrous price tag to match (even when on sale), but it’s got the specs to back it up.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But the fence Buckley built for Tarra had withstood a monstrous storm.
    Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But what was no longer is, and the ties that bind climate change to personal chaos are growing with monstrous speed.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The freshman guard followed a floater with a jumper before throwing a perfect lob to Bona for a monstrous dunk.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That’s because Nissan said the setup would be able to produce a monstrous 1,341 hp.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Read on for my prediction and pick for this monstrous SEC battle.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The monstrous-looking ghosts and ghouls might be scary for younger or more sensitive viewers.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The narrator recalls monstrous eyes staring back at her from the knots in her ceiling, but can find nowhere to hide.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • John goes on the run to clear his name and bring down some monstrous manipulators of Big Data.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The king, a limping foreigner, is identified as the cause, accused of monstrous crimes, and exiled from the city.
    Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But her visions for a better world often bend back toward the monstrous.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Ship sizes have absolutely grown monstrous over the years.
    Allan Post, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2024
  • They’re often thought of as red, pink or blue-ish in color, sporting monstrous horns, three toes and three fingers.
    Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • From there, your painting grew even more interested in the monstrous body.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • After tens of hours in the ocean, her face swells up to monstrous proportions (the makeup on this movie is some kind of feat unto itself).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Other condo owners escaping to a staircase held the door open for them against the monstrous winds.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But there some positives to take are the fact that there is now, if the deal goes ahead, no chance of his monstrous wages become a problem for the Catalans in the near future.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Davis has posted four straight double-doubles with the last three being monstrous.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But viewed in any other light—especially next to our victor—the 500E's price tag is monstrous.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • These petite monsteras are a great option for someone who loves the monstera look, but not the monstera size ... which is monstrous.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And in the meantime, there might be something else, something monstrous, haunting the family home.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • To the east, a strong supercell thunderstorm went on to drop a monstrous tornado in Wynne, about 50 miles west of Memphis.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023

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