ghastliness

Every one could then recall the ghastliness of his features and all the evidences of extreme excitement they had observed throughout the trial, things they might otherwise have forgotten.

Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

Having a taste for "ghastliness," I had rather longed for the wounded to arrive, for rheumatism wasn't heroic, neither was liver complaint, or measles; even fever had lost its charms since "bathing burning brows" had been used up in romances, real and ideal.

"A Day" from Hospital Sketches and Camp Fireside Stories 1863

Having a taste for "ghastliness," I had rather longed for the wounded to arrive, for rheumatism was n't heroic, neither was liver complaint, or measles; even fever had lost its charms since "bathing burning brows" had been used up in romances, real and ideal; but when I peeped into the dusky street lined with what I at first had innocently called market carts, now unloading their sad freight at our door, I recalled sundry reminiscences I had heard from nurses of longer standing, my ardor experienced a

Hospital Sketches 1863

The ghastliness of what I went through gave me another dimension that has been a huge help in my work.

'Mummy's still looking after me' 2011

She nods and receives the ghastliness of nun hugs in return.

There are no chupacabras in the restroom Marc Horne 2011

The 11 tales in "Crime" are extremely entertaining — if only for their criminal ghastliness.

Suburban Tensions In a Gauzy Glow Sam Sacks 2011

Instead we got the infamous "You're fired for no earthly good reason" moment of ghastliness from Batman, modifed a little so it's not that Dick was shot by the Joker, but that Dick dared tell Batman the Titans were important to him.

Scott Beatty on Robin 2009

More broadly, the author's trademark absurdity suffers from the real story's grand-scale ghastliness.

Book World: Lionel Shriver reviews Yan Lianke's 'Dream of Ding Village' 2011

More broadly, the author's trademark absurdity suffers from the real story's grand-scale ghastliness.

Book World: Lionel Shriver reviews Yan Lianke's 'Dream of Ding Village' 2011

Waz is a genius of observation; he always used to walk around with his head to the ground and then come back and draw these warped, weird and wired individuals and you'd wonder where they'd come from, but you'd go out next time and they'd all be there, this sea of ghastliness, Shaun of the Dead all around you and you'd think 'how did he see that' and you'd just write around it ...

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