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
• Pete devoured it all at a concerning pace, a monstrous crow picking over life’s endless open dumpster.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
• The celebratory image shows the planet’s Tharsis region, an area known for monstrous volcanoes.
  — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024