Example Sentences

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But for Wylie, it was "the visual thing, the connection with fountains which I liked, not the goriness of it".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

‘Star Wars’ is hopefully a feeble attempt to make up for that lack, without goriness or violence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2015

The Scandinavians are in general more interested in the sociology of crime than in the goriness of it.

From Economist • Aug. 30, 2012

But Mr Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.

From Twelve Types by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

But Mr. Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.

From Varied Types by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)