grewsome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- grewsomely adverb
- grewsomeness noun
Example Sentences
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I took the feet of the grewsome burden, the Skipper carrying the head.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
They made good speed with the grewsome burden on the sled.
From The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service by Dana, Marvin Hill
It did, indeed, go by the name of “Robinson’s Haunted House”; but in the late afternoon sunlight none of the visitors thought of the grewsome stories told of it.
From The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors by Morrison, Gertrude W.
The idea of such a man going into the grewsome business of eating blubber and seal, and possibly Eskimo dog steak!
From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
It was memories mingling with the grewsome reality.
From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
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