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

She was alone, and solitude has sometimes shaken the purpose of the sinner, and opened his eyes to an awful perception of the atrociousness of guilt.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus