Wormwood is worth a look if elegant language mixed with some grisliness is your thing. From Wordnik.com. [Absinthe By Another Name] Reference
But all the horrors for which we had come were there in perfect grisliness, and labelled by the ingenious Signor P---- with Latin inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
Now was he convinced of the grisliness of the visitation. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
At times the grisliness of the murders tends toward sensationalism. From Wordnik.com. [The Apprentice: Summary and book reviews of The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen.] Reference
Still, when it comes to groan-inducing, gaze-averting grisliness, his latest film. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I remember the solemnity of the subterranean tombs at Perugia; the grisliness of the Beauchamp crypt at Warwick. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Rome] Reference
He stages some WWII grisliness and scratches a few Asian horror tics, during several scenes in which pale dead children go for walks. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference
But I quickly realised, surfing a little wave of shame, that the book's grisliness justified itself to me because it's a retelling of the. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
But all the horrors for which we had come were there in perfect grisliness, and labeled by the ingenious Signor P---- with Latin inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Journeys] Reference
There are some wildly funny scenes, a few leaden ones and others that are scattershot, with humorous satire undercut by over-the-top grisliness. From Wordnik.com. [TomCruiseFan.com | The #1 Tom Cruise Resource] Reference
I remember during the 1991 Gulf war, when the midnight bombing raids were being carried live on TV, we used to receive numerous poems at the Guardian from people expressing their horror at the grisliness of war. From Wordnik.com. [Bookninja] Reference
The film's ending, a spectacle of blood and gore that presumably ends Lizette's tribulations at least for now, shocks primarily because the film has been so mannered and so quaint despite the possible grisliness of its topic. From Wordnik.com. [Twitch] Reference
But that isn't a cue for maudlin, woe-is-me navel-gazing; instead he unveils a series of brutally accurate observations on the grisliness of early-onset middle-age, and a wonderfully funny catalogue of increasing physical imperfections and emotional shortcomings. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
A certain spell — but at night, the underneath grisliness and evil came forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
grisliness isn’t the only thing that matters to me, actually, the grisliness and “ick factor” are completely irrelevant to my morality. From Wordnik.com. [A few good links about abortion] Reference
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