Examples of grotesquerie in a Sentence

born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie

Recent Examples on the Web Both the prosecution and the defense aimed to find a thread of logic in an inexplicable grotesquerie. — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 Some Black writers and producers in America use horror and science fiction as a lens through which to examine the grotesquerie of the country’s racist systems and history (Jordan Peele, for example, made Get Out after the killing of Trayvon Martin). — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2021 The apparent grotesquerie — honoring the mother of the Saviour of the universe, the vessel of salvation, with muscular gyrations designed to capture the momentary interest of six-year-olds — is inexpressibly beautiful in the mind’s eye. — William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020 The original series was a secret family phenomenon, moving the goalposts of Sunday night prime-time acceptability by domesticating horror-film grotesquerie for the mainstream audience. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2020 At first glance, armed right-wing militants dressed in floral shirts may seem like another baffling grotesquerie in the parade of calamities that is 2020. — Dale Beran, The Atlantic, 4 July 2020 The grotesquerie Houellebecq is famous for pervades Serotonin. — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 16 Nov. 2019 But just in case a reader still has the stomach for more grotesquerie by the time the main narrative is finished, there’s a 70-page appendix filled with truncated tales of lascivious behavior — bonus nuggets of lechery. — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019 The third season kitchen-sinked with luscious grotesquerie, clashing giallo horror into a Euro-trippy showdown. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2019 See More

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