How To Use Gruesome In A Sentence

It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
One ship sinks, many sailors die, and Martin points out to Candide that the gruesome affair further proves his point.
Perhaps his most interesting is Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), a psychopath who commits various gruesome murders and owns a freak show themed tourist attraction. Five Horrifying Clowns | myFiveBest
When you read the complete stories of the lives of these saints and shift your focus from the gruesome details of their martyrdoms and extreme ascetical practices, you might meet people who can teach you about being who you are. Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The Saints Were as Strange as You Are - And You Can Be as Holy as They Were
He loved the bustle and the chatter about news in London coffee houses and he had a nose for gruesome and sensational details. Times, Sunday Times

When news of the gruesome homicide began to trickle out, the Washington Post newsroom was astir.
The endings of fairytales used to be a lot more gruesome too. Times, Sunday Times
Police finally made the gruesome discovery in his freezer after going to his farm with a warrant to search for an illegal gun. The Sun
The strangest thing about this book is how compelling it is, and the compulsion of it is not simply that of the compulsion to rubberneck at the scene of a gruesome accident.
I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end.
Or forced to become a sex slaved … then killed in the most gruesome fashion possible. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 16, 2010
They are gruesome and evoke fear in the minds of their devotees; not love.
The same year saw the release of "Brainscan," with the mop-headed actor as an alienated suburban gorehound who finds that a new, gruesome interactive video game is a little too realistic. Living in the Past, Fearing the Future
It sits rather uncomfortably between two camps: too childish for most adults, yet too gruesome for most children.
Gruesome and downright unhygienic as the use of such objects now seems, it may be surmised that in the twenty-first century it will be thought equally unpleasant that the best wigs and toupees of the 1960s were made of human hair.
The big fear in Canada, following a particularly gruesome incident, is random decapitations on intercity buses.
A railway worker had a rather gruesome discovery whilst making his rounds last week.
Still, for a felid that lacks sabre teeth, it's amazing (and gruesome) to see such a bloody spectacle. Giant killers: macropredation in lions
An apartment complex in Southern California is hit by a string of gruesome murders.
Sometimes he would tell gruesome tales about medical procedures practiced in the jungle brush.
The group of high school freshmen sat in the living room, eyes wide as they watched a gruesome scene being played through on the wide screen TV.
It was horrific and gruesome and I wondered how any of these women could get through each day without committing patricide.
Bunions, blisters and corns sound gruesome - and they are.
While I support the hunters and trappers of Illinois, I refuse to support this particularly gruesome hunting method that's been banned in the state for years.
Having lost his northern provinces, he does not hide his ambition to re-establish his gruesome tyranny over them.
The spurious impact of channels on society is an issue of gruesome and far-reaching consequences.
And laudanum invariably led to castor oil, and if that failed to work, to the gruesome lavement machine. The Mistress of Nothing
The theory of mob lynching has been manufactured to hide the facts of this gruesome incident.
Despite being the one running around trying to save killers and judges and lawyers from being slaughtered in gruesome fashion, Nick felt like more of a villain -- albeit an impotent one -- than Clyde. Rabid Rewind: Law Abiding Citizen
I haven't seen it, but I heard they cut out an awful lot of parts of it, which were gruesome.
And for those who like crime history on the gruesome side, there's also a look at body parts and murder weapons. The Sun
We were talking about death and exchanging gruesome ghost stories.
In front of him was one of the most gruesome scenes he had ever seen in his lifetime.
The rest of the cast more or less exist to die in gruesome ways and little else. Flixnjoystix.com! » Valentine’s Day Comes Early!McJeffrey Reviews MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D!
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 According to Steph Su Reads, this is a "supposedly grislier and more gruesome" novel than Suzanne Collins 'Hunger Games. Wish List Wednesday #2: "Battle Royale"
We got well and truly stuffed and things went from bad to worse during a grim and gruesome World Cup. The Sun
A black vulture rose up out of the depths on widespread pinions and floated past them almost within arm's length, turning its gruesome naked head of pink lappeted skin to stare at them with inscrutable black eyes before sailing away. The Seventh Scroll
Many troops now feel that they will never see the civilian life they once saw at the end of a long, gruesome road.
To anyone who thinks of an abattoir as a place of gruesome horrors, this might sound like good news.
The scenarios I thought up were more horrid and gruesome than the whispers that still continued, growing in volume until I was sure I would go mad.
And this: The danger facing the crew is a "linguistic virus" that spreads by forcing its victims to utter a certain contagious phrase that kills the listener in a gruesome way. REVIEW: Open Your Eyes by Paul Jessup
This gruesome new series focuses on unexpected mishaps that have caused untimely deaths. The Sun
Senator Higgins said the community was still obviously reeling in shock at how such a gruesome tragedy should happen in the midst of a tight knit community and nobody was aware of it.
After one gruesome Sunday when the diocese brought in faux-congregations to each parish, an interim court ruling in February 2008 gave the ANiC parishioners full use of their buildings. The Diocese of Niagara: Rev. Susan Wells and the art of victimhood « Anglican Samizdat
One gruesome scene is shot behind an oppressive red filter, visually suffocating the viewer.
The image encompassed him, surrounding him in the gruesome pictures of war.
Hoping to make peace and begin to overcome his loss, he is saddened to see the bodachs, gruesome black shades who feed on death, begin to show up on the abbey grounds and lurk over the children.
The gruesome discovery, in frozen ground near to a walkway off Walkden Road, was made by a dog walker early on Sunday morning.
But I could not bear to have the weight of your most gruesome death on my conscience.
Police described it as a particularly gruesome attack.
The door fell forward, cracking and splintering violently before being tossed gruesomely to the side.
Captured in gruesome detail, the Garden Zombie is made out of durable resin and comes disassembled in three gory parts. Five Great Zombie Gifts | myFiveBest
Undeniably the most gruesome part of the corrida, this suerte de picaris is intensely disliked by aficionados.
As war novels go, it's a departure from the norm, leavening the gruesome depictions of combat with jokes, proverbs and stories from the lives the soldiers left behind. The King's Rifle: Summary and book reviews of The King's Rifle by Biyi Bandele.
She was visiting a ward overlooking the gruesome scene under blazing lights in a building opposite. The Sun
And on the less gruesome side, personal" allure "is probably log-normally distributed, not just because physical attractiveness is probably so distributed, but a person's demeanor animates (interacts with) their plastic form.". Redistribution: Blocking the Revenge of the Nerds?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end.
The report cataloguing the gruesome tally was classified secret.
Unless you tidy up, everyone can see the gruesome jumble of cables.
And for those who like crime history on the gruesome side, there's also a look at body parts and murder weapons. The Sun
This is something that has been the cause of much vile verse in bad poets, of such gruesome twaddle as Senator Vest's dreadful outbark. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned
His determination to show us the full consequences of a shooting delivers some of the most gruesome images this side of a horror movie.
It is an incredibly ugly gruesome-looking animal, rather like a baby crocodile but with a shorter head.
The police are right to continue their quest for the perpetrators of this particularly gruesome murder. Times, Sunday Times
To protect me from all the gruesome... the brutality of the war. Times, Sunday Times
In the story, clairvoyant dreams presage a family's gruesome end.
A Chechen Mujahedeen Terrorist video taped the gruesome execution of 6 Russian soldiers.
Met Office figures have confirmed the gruesome details of the summer so far. Times, Sunday Times
He soon learns that Laura's true killer is a spirit called Bob, operating by inhabiting various human vessels and carrying out his gruesome deeds.
Not my grandmother, who knew every folktale from the old countrymost of them gruesome; children devoured by wolves and beheaded by witchesbut never spoke about the war in my hearing. Excerpt: City of Thieves by David Benioff
The 17 sea mammals on gruesome display included porpoises, white dolphins, common dolphins, aa pilot whale, a beaked whale and a pilot whale.
Not surprisingly, this gruesome war against the darkest recesses of the human spirit has left him a battered old hound, riddled with scars and guilt.
The plotline is relatively thin, relying on the quantity of ghosts and potential gruesome deaths to keep the story going until its climatic end.
It is a gruesome and dowie den, but well worth a visit. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Several were of a gruesome medical procedure, a prefrontal lobotomy.
She yelped and heaved her body backwards, and a gruesome, disembodied face appeared - the hand beating the glass.
Though the gruesome murders happened a decade ago, it seems that time has stood still.
And did it even occur to you once sir — somewhere in amidst those eight separate, gruesome, intentional, terroristic invocations of the horrors of 9/11 — that with only a little further shift in this world we now know — just a touch more repudiation of all of that for which our patriots died — October 2006
The insanity of active "codependence" is just as gruesome a spectacle to behold as the addict's own downward spiral. Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse?
The gruesome discovery was made by a man taking rubbish out to a communal waste area. The Sun
Call it what you will, dilatation and evacuation, or partial-birth abortion, it's still a gruesome procedure.
A bit like watching a car crash, it was gruesome but fascinating.
In a gruesome act of fate, the star famed for that role met her untimely death in a similar manner, but by accident, on December 8, 1971.
Harding-which had always seemed like the natural climax of the season-was premised on the title concept of the "return to normalcy": that is, after a period in which the country suffered its involvement in the gruesome Great War and went through a period of reformist upheaval at home, it was time for everyone to calm down and focus on quietly prospering. TIME.com: Top Stories
§ Museum/Gift Shop: Here are many lots of displays of Angola's history-weapons, a section on the Red Hat, the "heeling" incident, and "Gruesome Gertie," which is the last electric chair, with photos of all executed inmates since 1981-the most recent in January 2010. Indybay newswire
Police officers visited the flat and made the gruesome discovery.
The two gruesome gargoyle bookends are based on the watchful pair who overlook the St Magnus Cathedral west door, gazing out over Broad Street.
At least that's what I found anyway when I saw one gruesome seens (none of the scenes were close the "grotesqueness" of the Saw and Hostel movie series), but a few of them did strike a nerve for a short while anyway I must admit. Undefined
Through dreams and flashbacks, we see the string of events that lead to this untimely event, including the true, gruesome story of Ulysse's genesis.
There is the fertile possibility of meaning within this gruesome mockumentary.
Beheading, if somewhat gruesome, can be one of the quickest and least painful ways to die - so long as the executioner is skilled, his blade sharp, and the condemned sits still. Boing Boing
Alone and agonizingly thirsty, the boy's thoughts travel through his violent past: his father's gruesome murder, his twin sister's abduction, his own thralldom to gangster culture: Everything I remember is too vivid. The Book That Broke the Color Line
The gruesome discovery was made by a man taking rubbish out to a communal waste area. The Sun
I'm gonna make the next chapter super mondo gruesome.
PORTSMOUTH - A Portsmouth teen will be in district court this morning to receive his sentence after pleading guilty to the gruesome murder of a former classmate in a 2008 homicide that drew enormous media attention. The Shad Plank
One of the employees went to check on the missing worker and discovered the gruesome murder scene.
Musa Sadulayev/Associated Press GRUESOME SCENE: Special forces combed the scene of a bomb blast at Chechnya's parliament Tuesday in Grozny, Russia, after militants carried out a brazen suicide raid that left six people dead and 17 wounded. Photos of the Day: Oct. 19
Within Blade of Tyshalle Stover illustrates in several sequences why he is, in my mind, the current preeminent describer of action sequences in speculative fiction, depicting actions that produce gruesome results with uncanny and realistic precision. Blade of Tyshalle by Matthew Stover – review
The media is riddled with gruesome tales of slaughter and the killing of animals ‘presumed’ infected.
The rape and murder of a young woman and her mother by rampaging ronin precedes a spectral reign of terror, as samurai are lured to their gruesome deaths in a haunted bamboo forest. A Cinematic Diet Loaded With Preservatives
There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
When talking is supposed to become conversation, that's when things get gruesome!
The manner of his sacking was gruesome enough - a clean sacking turned into a protracted public humiliation for both men.
Museum/Gift Shop: Here are many lots of displays of Angola's history-weapons, a section on the Red Hat, the "heeling" incident, and "Gruesome Gertie," which is the last electric chair, with photos of all executed inmates since 1981-the most recent in January 2010. Dissident Voice
Every year, since it started, British hacks have had a choice of charabancs and chemin-de-fers to take them to the gruesome National Exhibition Centre just outside Birmingham.
She may have had a beautiful, attractive body but once the fan went down, you would see a horrible, gruesome, monstrous, ugly face.
And no one should openly advocate being “just like Tim Tebow” off the field, since the history of Christian missionaries is gruesome and bloody. Think Progress » CBS Approves Focus On The Family’s Super Bowl Ad, Despite Its Policy Against Advocacy Spots
These political leaders were trying to press the King, enthroned after the gruesome massacre, to rectify his errors.
But shocked neighbours saw it and called 999, thinking the gruesome prosthetic was real. The Sun
The case of these missing girls is gruesome enough without such horrendous false alarms.
Unhappily-married Cape Town journalist Toni Balser finds true love against a backdrop of gruesome township violence.
And no doubt there are millions of women who could outdo these testimonies with gruesome tales of agonies suffered and atrocities endured. THE CALLIGRAPHER
She was visiting a ward overlooking the gruesome scene under blazing lights in a building opposite. The Sun
The narrator of a cautionary tale is momentarily excused from the ordinary demands of etiquette that discourages the use of gruesome or disgusting imagery because the tale serves to reinforce some other social taboo. Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children
For now, though, the biggest beefs come from Hispanic groups and some Native Americans who complain that their people go unrepresented, and some affiliates — which didn't seem to mind the obscenely gruesome Holocaust pictures or the scene where a machine gun blows off a soldier's head — had a problem with the four uses of cusswords, one of which is alluded to in the anagrammatic title of episode five, "FUBAR. War and Remembrance
He even got up and dusted himself down from a gruesome Brian Lima tackle midway through the second period.
Governments and churches had long maintained order by punishing nonconformists with mutilation, torture and gruesome forms of execution, such as burning, breaking, disembowelment, impalement and sawing in half. Violence Vanquished
Consequently, he sentences her to a gruesome death - despite the fact that she is betrothed to Creon's son, her cousin.
The murders are garish and gruesome, as Vail investigates the crime scene of each victim, until an important person of stature is horrifically murdered, changing the whole profile of the killer, but also presenting some terrifying links to Vail herself. “The 7th Victim” by Alan Jacobson (Vanguard Press, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog
People turn into snails and violent and gruesome deaths seem to be the only way to escape the grisly vortex.
Through gruesomely efficient methods of mist-netting and bird-liming, Japanese hunters delivered huge catches of thrushes, grosbeaks, finches, siskins, and buntings.
Even the blithe lovebird will extirpate its rival suitor in the most gruesome manner.
It's oh so basic in its set-up and story-telling - and yet writer-director Joe Cornish makes the absolute most out of its goosy energy and gruesome effects. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Attack the Block
Several days later at the gates of Peel the villagers gathered silently to view the gruesome spectacle stuck upon a pike.
I don't want to use the term relief when it's such a gruesome case. CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2006
He even remembered the gruesome details of the spelling bee he lost in front of the entire seventh grade.
Intensely painted scenes depict the gruesome martyrdom of countless saints.
Despite preemptive warnings that this material is unrated and not suited for the younger set, there's nothing terribly gruesome or graphic here.
Then the gruesome guard threw me into my stall as if I were an untamable beast.
Indeed, they have been known to roast innocent tourists in sacrificial banquets designed to appease their gods, as well as conducting other heinous acts too gruesome to describe. Vader's Pastorale
This may help explain the gruesome upsurge of violence in countries like Mexico. Times, Sunday Times
Thanks to a new book from historian and author of popular true crime books James Bland, the gruesome lives of some of the country's most infamous hangmen are brought vividly to life.
Fast-forward to New Guinea in 1942: I had returned to Port Moresby after a stint out in the bush, with a gruesomely suppurating abscess adorning my omphalos, or the seat of my soul.
Her vivid descriptions are often gruesome, but never gratuitous.
The gruesome sight sent a shiver down my spine.
Well, it was gruesome, there was some awful acting, but the film had a good premise and a nice twist at the end.
The gruesome discovery was made by a man taking rubbish out to a communal waste area. The Sun
Our picture producers will tannoy a warning when gruesome pictures are expected - and an e-mail will be sent out to all relevant newsdesks.
The injured man, with blood all over his face, was a gruesome sight.
It is an incredibly ugly gruesome-looking animal, rather like a baby crocodile but with a shorter head.
They will come to shows dressed like that, and dance the frug and the mashed potato off in the corner, and have a blast, a '60s night, every time the Gruesomes would play.
He even remembered the gruesome details of the spelling bee he lost in front of the entire seventh grade.
He quotes recipes for making yourself invisible from medieval magic books, many of which involve doing gruesome things to other people's body parts. Times, Sunday Times
Does that mean the gruesome subject matter is something she ends up taking home with her? The Sun
I'd already had five sessions of bone-crunching osteopathy, and despite the gruesome sounds that were wrought from my skeletal frame it had had good short-term results.
gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
Gruesome, imaginative and completely unforgettable (at least in its original, unrated form), Re-Animator remains Gordon's most celebrated achievement.
And for those who like crime history on the gruesome side, there's also a look at body parts and murder weapons. The Sun
It is not a coincidence that those more recent stories with which kids connect most strongly also don't shy from being gruesome.
She was visiting a ward overlooking the gruesome scene under blazing lights in a building opposite. The Sun
A debate ensued which led to the rather gruesome killing of the witches of the medieval period.
Tademy's bold, controlled account of these horrific events never shies away from the gruesome facts, or becomes overwrought, which is a remarkable feat considering her emotional attachment to the story and its characters. Red River: Summary and book reviews of Red River by Lalita Tademy.
The spiritual and the supernatural, even the gruesome arouse an instinctive curiosity in all of us.
Yvette, pitched in gruesome, deadlocked hostility to the Saywell household, was very old and very wise: with the agedness and the wisdom of the young, which always overleaps the agedness and the wisdom of the old, or the elderly. The Virgin and the Gypsy
The discoloration was a gruesome reminder of the baby's ordeal. Cruel Deception
But even more gruesome, cannibals in New Guinea in the 1950s started dying of kuru, which is caused by eating contaminated human brain tissue. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
There are few more gruesome and sanguinary spectacles than a Tory leadership struggle: one lasting eight months is uncharted territory - a marathon of fear, loathing and betrayal.
Most of the women meet their increasingly gruesome fate in the first half; the second act concentrates on Verna, Jordan's final prey, with the victims acting as a ghostly, often ribald chorus.
Why such gruesome murders are happening again and again is really a thought-provoking question.
Their lively, eclectic tastes animated all London theatres, and the legit stage began to appropriate gothic gruesomeness and the exoticism of distant lands from bestsellers; fabulous landscapes transformed, and violence stunted, from harlequinade extravaganzas; extreme emotion, terror and horror, from post-revolutionary Parisian showbiz. Projections of puppet theatre
He quotes recipes for making yourself invisible from medieval magic books, many of which involve doing gruesome things to other people's body parts. Times, Sunday Times
It has garnered enormous publicity not just for its naked models but for its often gruesome and controversial antics. Times, Sunday Times
Littered among the debris was the gruesome sight of body parts, pieces of luggage and office stationery.
I don't get tired of watching heavily stereotyped teenagers get picked off in gruesome, often ironically appropriate ways. Meme, Myself, & I: My One Wish for the Horror Genre
If you know someone with a taste for the medically gruesome and interpersonally abrasive, look no further. November « 2009 « Precocious Curmudgeon
That was a short but sappy chapter to make up for some of the gruesome chapters I made y'all go through!
There is no known documentation that Farmer was ever lobotomized; and indeed, this gruesome tale may distract attention from the legitimate horrors she and other patients were subjected to, including the denial of civil rights.
A satisfyingly gruesome eyeful that gets you asking why you can't avert your gaze. Times, Sunday Times
Amusingly gruesome penholder, light pull, cupholde... Archive 2008-05-01
Existing at the intersection of simple chemistry genius and Ed Wood schlock, the kit involved two putty substances that one mixed to produce a gruesome, frighteningly real scar.
Without giving too much away, my final verdict is that this was a really good game but... not only is there absolutely no replayability in this which I expected, and by the end, the exploits of Jack The Ripper had become so gruesome and vile that I was wishing the game to wrap up as soon as possible. Sherlock Holmes VS Jack The Ripper - review
During his emerging days at Dynamo Kiev, Andriy Shevchenko was force-fed a vile nicotine-based solution which gruesomely cured his teenage addiction to cigarettes.
This gruesome new series focuses on unexpected mishaps that have caused untimely deaths. The Sun
With a fine assortment of musician friends, he tackles gripping ancient ballads about doomed love and gruesome death. The Sun
Please spare me the gruesome details.
a particularly gruesome attack
One man, the lone survivor of the massacre, carried the gruesome story to Tihosuco.
As far as the trade details and statistics of this gruesome slopwork of East London went, he knew all that could be shown him. Sir George Tressady — Volume II
It's going to be a grisly, gruesome death. The Sun
In absolutist France, for instance, criminals were publicly tortured and executed, and the book begins with a detailed and thoroughly gruesome account of the punishment of a regicide in 1757.
In an odd bit of casting, Kris Kristofferson has a walk-on as Karubi, Daena's father, who comes to a somewhat gruesome end.
The report cataloguing the gruesome tally was classified secret.
WASHINGTON Reuters - The Obama administration wrestled on Tuesday with releasing what it called a gruesome image of Osama bin Laden's corpse, even as militants started questioning whether U.S. forces really killed him. Reuters: Top News
This may help explain the gruesome upsurge of violence in countries like Mexico. Times, Sunday Times
Her story stands out as one of the most bloodcurdling legends in a country that has no shortage of grotesque, gruesome, and barbarously chilling tales.
That is the way a lot of people cope with doing such a horrible, gruesome, barbaric job.
If something grim or gruesome happened there we can probably guess the theme of his next book. Times, Sunday Times
She wakes up at 5am, says her prayers and plans how she will do it and to which of her minions will be assigned the most gruesome task.
There follows a remarkable testimony to the extraordinary strength of the human spirit (even if it is gruesome one) as Robert is coaxed from the brink of starvation and back to life. The Prisoner’s Return « Tales from the Reading Room
This poor lady met an untimely, gruesome death. The Sun
War in its details is a gruesome thing. Times, Sunday Times
The drug is real enough, as are the gruesome side effects that leave addicts with festering abscesses.
When you read the complete stories of the lives of these saints, and shift your focus from the gruesome details of their martyrdoms and their more extreme ascetical practices, you might meet people who can teach you about being who you are. Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The Saints Were as Strange as You Are - And You Can Be as Holy as They Were
When the weather gets hot and the beach beckons, we trade in our nutritious, fiber-filled reading for a diet of delicious junk: gruesome mysteries, trashy romance novels, tell-all autobiographies.
Police made the gruesome discovery a few days later and soon arrested the cold-hearted woman after piecing together the sorry story.
The fur trade is a violent, bloody business but these skins are particularly gruesome.
To protect me from all the gruesome... the brutality of the war. Times, Sunday Times
Kagami's fists tightened and her jaw clenched at the gruesome scene.
With Santa ready to venture down many a chimney, this is an ideal gift for lazybones who aren't keen on the concept of venturing out of bed, for this makes the gruesome task just that little bit easier.
But with their identities still a mystery, speculation that drugs bosses might have sanctioned the gruesome deaths began to fade.

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