How to Use monstrosity in a Sentence

monstrosity

noun
  • Did you see the new mall? It's a monstrosity.
  • The show’s third season focuses on the characters embracing their monstrosity head-on.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Not your tiny piece of it, the pinky toe of the monstrosity.
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 8 July 2020
  • The center field wall and video board is a bit of a monstrosity One perk?
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Those big, blue monstrosities that are hanging around the house?
    Cindy Dampier, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The only shortage was in the supply of soldiers, who were but cogs in the monstrosity of it all.
    Partner Content, Variety, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But by far their biggest draw was a caloric monstrosity the likes of which has never been seen.
    Sebastian Montes, Pomerado News, 1 June 2017
  • The squat monstrosity had a spring-lever arm to launch clay disks, replicating a bird’s flight.
    Liz Arnold, Longreads, 11 July 2018
  • This week, Spicer wore a tamer shirt than last week's lime green monstrosity, which was...a relief.
    Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 24 Sep. 2019
  • But the way to fix this is not merely to turn back the hands of time and purge our collective memories of such monstrosities.
    Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The monstrosities scramble over the cockpit and lunge at me even once I’m settled inside.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2018
  • But each new revelation also exposes the reach of the shadows, the scale of the monstrosity, the depth of the lie.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2017
  • There had to be a visible bit of egg white on this egg-yolk monstrosity.
    Vulture, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Orsino and Olivia chalk up all that monstrosity to love: An angel made them do it.
    New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • Mays shared the monstrosity with his teammates and with the Astros and sent the rest to Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2020
  • Its chief attraction is the chance to see, in person, this last remnant of the Whitechapel monstrosity.
    Nicola Twilley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But far worse, looking ahead to the 2018 midterms, would be for Trump to sign this latest monstrosity into law.
    Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
  • Dana is forced to confront the monstrosity of her origins.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The nickname spurred the invention of the Boomstick hot dog, a two-foot monstrosity served with chili and nacho cheese.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
  • There was no shortage of irony in the creation of this legal monstrosity.
    Jay Stooksberry, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The sole of these leather chunkers is a rubbery monstrosity.
    Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Three adults could have split this monstrosity and walked away happy.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Their talk began with a single query from the actor, whose costume as Q in TNG was a bit of a monstrosity.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Harvey’s fearsome white mass filled the panoramic view – a monstrosity of wind and rain.
    Sarah Kaplan, sacbee, 28 Aug. 2017
  • This is mainly because the hulking monstrosity is more a tank than a car.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The par-5 fifth hole at Whistling Straits is a monstrosity that stands out for its angular design.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2021
  • And the window for pushing this monstrosity through the Senate with just 51 votes closes on Sept. 30.
    Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Only a quarter of the state's 1,700 precinct chairs were able to download and install the monstrosity, the New York Times reported.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Inside the Hilles Gallery is a smaller monstrosity by Drew.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 June 2021
  • Both are remarkable, as artists, and as people who build beautiful monstrosities in the desert.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 July 2024

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