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Grisly is an English word with synonyms like ghastly or grim. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Grisly in a sentence

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Grisly meaning

  1. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
  2. Obsolete form of grizzly.
  3. Misspelling of gristly.

Synonyms of Grisly

Using Grisly

  • The main meaning on this page is: Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying. | Obsolete form of grizzly. | Misspelling of gristly.
  • Useful related words include: ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre.
  • In the example corpus, grisly often appears in combinations such as: the grisly, grisly discovery, grisly murder.

Context around Grisly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Grisly

  • In this selection, "grisly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, meeting, long, opponents, discovery, demise and violence stand out and add context to how "grisly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a long grisly super and all its grisly detail. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "grisly" sits close to words such as aamir, abysmal and alderman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with grisly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Part horror and part thriller, sees everything from grisly murders to tender father-and-son moments. (16 words)

But in a grisly twist it became a last stand to get to heaven before the "End of Days". (19 words)

It didn't take long before both parties dropped all pretenses and engaged in a grisly fight for survival. (19 words)

Carpenter, who as a youth appeared on the Disney Channel, released the video for “Feather” on Oct. 31; in it, she’s in several scenarios with men who behave badly, like taking a nonconsensual photo of her body, and then die in grisly ways. (44 words)

On his day there are few better hookers in the world than Julián Montoya and, in Curry’s absence, Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martín González would have expected to make hay in the back row, particularly given their opponents’ grisly August form. (44 words)

If Doofer did something to earn this grisly fate, it wasn’t made clear to the reader, giving the impression that the Boys just murdered him for no other reason than to act as a distraction, which is pretty off-brand for them. (43 words)

And where are the Israeli women whose pain their prime minister and his supporters are retailing in all its grisly detail? (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

On the night of her 36th birthday, Nadia gets stuck in a time loop, and quickly realizes that she’s doomed to repeat the same evening over and over, meeting grisly demise after grisly demise.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder following the grisly discovery of human bones in a burnt-out tree trunk.

After a lengthy wait, Amazon Prime Video finally decided to update fans on the status of, the hit animated series created by's Robert Kirkman, took the world by storm with its grisly violence and its own memeable "evil Superman" antagonist.

After Cole, the more experienced reporter, joins McLaughlin in covering the story, the paper endangers both of them by opportunistically publicizing the novelty of two women working together on a grisly beat.

And where are the Israeli women whose pain their prime minister and his supporters are retailing in all its grisly detail?

Bryan Kohberger’s distinctive eyebrows were one of the initial clues that linked him to the grisly Moscow murders, a new report claims.

But however grisly the deaths of Paul and his mother were, the two have become almost forgotten in the frenzied drama surrounding Alex Murdaugh.

But in a grisly twist it became a last stand to get to heaven before the "End of Days".

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Carpenter, who as a youth appeared on the Disney Channel, released the video for “Feather” on Oct. 31; in it, she’s in several scenarios with men who behave badly, like taking a nonconsensual photo of her body, and then die in grisly ways.

Genre fans will get their money’s worth from “,” a violent and grisly crime-horror-action outing with no pretensions of being anything else.

Hikers in Gunnison County made a grisly discovery on Sunday when they found the ‘mummified’ remains of three other people at a campsite near the Gold Creek Campground.

If Doofer did something to earn this grisly fate, it wasn’t made clear to the reader, giving the impression that the Boys just murdered him for no other reason than to act as a distraction, which is pretty off-brand for them.

It didn't take long before both parties dropped all pretenses and engaged in a grisly fight for survival.

Kanye wrote his single in the wake of a grisly 2002 car accident that left him so injured he had to perform it in the studio through a wired-up jaw.

Matt Petgrave, 31, who plays for Sheffield, was the other player involved in the grisly incident that reverberated around the hockey community and led to moments of silence in the NHL.

Once the player was low on health, they could press two buttons to retaliate with a long, grisly super.

On his day there are few better hookers in the world than Julián Montoya and, in Curry’s absence, Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer and Juan Martín González would have expected to make hay in the back row, particularly given their opponents’ grisly August form.

Part horror and part thriller, sees everything from grisly murders to tender father-and-son moments.

Queensland police confirmed a member of the public made the grisly discovery in the Fitzroy River, Rockhampton at about 11pm on October 21.

She also appears to be one of the few members of the Guardians safe from meeting a grisly death in their upcoming film, as The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special indicates that her story in the MCU is only just beginning.

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Common combinations with grisly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "grisly" in a sentence?
An example: "On the night of her 36th birthday, Nadia gets stuck in a time loop, and quickly realizes that she’s doomed to repeat the same evening over and over, meeting grisly demise after grisly demise." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "grisly" from authentic English texts.
What does "grisly" mean?
Grisly means: Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
What are synonyms of "grisly"?
Common synonyms of "grisly" include: ghastly, grim, gruesome, macabre, sick, alarming.
How many example sentences with "grisly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "grisly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.