ugly as sin
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It’s a stylistic choice to give the film the essence of a faded vintage photograph, but it’s also ugly as sin.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
I used to like Thunderbird but it's ugly as sin.
From The Verge • Nov. 16, 2018
And then there was this broadside — perhaps the closest that one Oval Office aspirant has come in modern times to accusing another of being ugly as sin.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2016
Graphical glitches pop up only occasionally, and while human characters are still as ugly as sin, "Two Worlds II" does present convincing monsters and some genuinely beautiful landscapes.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2011
My forehead was still tender to the touch, and the stitches were as ugly as sin, but I was feeling better.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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