Example Sentences

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Things got pretty weird on the food scene, too, with the R&D labs for the nation’s fast-food chains seemingly overtaken by Frankensteinian madmen.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

It seemed like there was this Frankensteinian process of putting a woman's body together.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

In news releases, ad copy and earnings statements, they have tortured plain talk in service of the sell, with Frankensteinian combinations and avalanches of acronyms.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2020

The Frankensteinian notion of creating a sentient being has obvious parallels with artificial intelligence, and that’s what Jeanette Winterson has in her sights.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2019

It didn’t matter to me that they were being held together by a Frankensteinian skeleton of spare parts from other Final headphones, or that they didn’t have a price yet.

From The Verge • Jun. 18, 2018