Example Sentences

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Although he may have been outdone in general atrociousness by that slavery-era trio, the historians’ panel found little to recommend him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021

For centuries now, everyone seemed to agree on Amy’s atrociousness.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2020

What made the Gulf War and the Iraq War different from others in the immemorial annals of human atrociousness?

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

Yet, much as I enjoyed the festively inane Snowman, I was far more impressed by Geostorm, a film on a much higher level of atrociousness than Der Flop from Dee Fjords.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2017

As if organised atrociousness could ever be pleasant!

From The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by James, Henry