grewsome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- grewsomely adverb
- grewsomeness noun
Example Sentences
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The doctor was a most accomplished gentleman, but he had a fondness for the grewsome in description equal to Edgar Allan Poe himself.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
The house-gathering afterward savoured of the grewsome conviviality of a funeral assemblage.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
They made good speed with the grewsome burden on the sled.
From The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service by Dana, Marvin Hill
He had no wish for personal profit out of this grewsome event.
From The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service by Dana, Marvin Hill
So I moved to the left, my gallery curving slightly there, and, looking fixedly at them in the failing light, I comprehended what this grewsome sight meant.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
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