Example Sentences

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His physical description matched that of the ogreish man who had rushed out of her house shortly before she disappeared: He was 6-foot-4 and heavyset.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Even an ogreish salmon-boat captain, a bachelor again at eighty-seven, was convinced that we were both in love with him.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015

Last week Sport, most ogreish of modern Deities, lured Fr�ulein Elfriede Lucker of Dresden and four male companions up the snow-swept Bratschenkopf, near the Austro-German frontier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among other things, the company�long seen by Peruvians as an ogreish exploiter�was given new mandates to expand its activities and a $144 million tax write-off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her father looked up quickly with an ogreish scowl.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen