Example Sentences

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In its willingness to usefully engage with our everyday ugliness, “The Drama” is the boldest mainstream American film in years.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The ugliness of the comment prompted Rick Wilson—former Republican strategist, he of the magnanimous Lincoln Project—to step forward.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

The laws of war, developed over centuries, seek to keep the ugliness to the minimum required by the nature of the enterprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Her hair crackled and snapped like she’d been electrified by the sight of her own ugliness.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi