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She added they would "show how music and creativity can bring unity in times of just hideousness".

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2022

Let’s hold off on confessions of hideousness until we’ve examined those burning bubbles in your chest — which, by the way, is a pretty good description of the physical sensation of envy.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Krasinski has clearly absorbed a lesson in conceptual economy from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," and like a "Jaws"-era Steven Spielberg, he takes his time revealing the monsters in all their sharp-fanged, big-eared hideousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2018

Here, let us admit that neither The Snowman nor Geostorm can rival The Room for its jaw-dropping hideousness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2017

It seems out of place here among the hideousness, but the players are world-class, Papa says.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper