Explore Monstrous through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like large or unnatural. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Monstrous meaning
- Hideous or frightful.
- Enormously large.
- Freakish or grotesque.
Using Monstrous
- The main meaning on this page is: Hideous or frightful. | Enormously large. | Freakish or grotesque.
- Useful related words include: large, unnatural, grotesque, evil.
- In the example corpus, monstrous often appears in combinations such as: the monstrous, this monstrous, his monstrous.
Context around Monstrous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monstrous
- In this selection, "monstrous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, change, headbutts, took, best, creature and womb stand out and add context to how "monstrous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his monstrous best bud and and more monstrous too. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monstrous" sits close to words such as appreciates, bu and climates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monstrous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the Necromorphs get bigger and more monstrous too. (9 words)
She said: “He loves his triathlons but this one is monstrous. (11 words)
Junpei became a monstrous creature bent on revenge, and not even Yuji could stop him. (15 words)
I like the Star Wars one, but personally I've always seen Johnny as Luke, his sister Sue as Luke's sister Leia, her romantic partner Reed as Leia's romantic partner Han and his monstrous best bud Ben as Han's monstrous best bud Chewy. (46 words)
An uncle of Prince Philip and a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, Mountbatten was a man of monstrous vanity and had reportedly been a target of the Provisional IRA long before his assassination in 1979. (38 words)
Her husband has been struck by a mysterious illness, and the only way to brew the cure is with the guts of a Molduga, a monstrous sand serpent that functions as a miniboss fight. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
I like the Star Wars one, but personally I've always seen Johnny as Luke, his sister Sue as Luke's sister Leia, her romantic partner Reed as Leia's romantic partner Han and his monstrous best bud Ben as Han's monstrous best bud Chewy.
They liken the horror motif in these examples, and in "Inside Out", to what Barbara Creed called the 'monstrous womb' in her book The Monstrous-feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis.
An'ggrath the Unbound is the epitome of Khorne's rage and bloodlust; few beings in the galaxy can stand up to this monstrous daemon and live.
An uncle of Prince Philip and a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, Mountbatten was a man of monstrous vanity and had reportedly been a target of the Provisional IRA long before his assassination in 1979.
As he rose higher and higher, his father shrank against the forest floor, a pinprick next to the monstrous girth of the tree.
But the Necromorphs get bigger and more monstrous too.
But when professionals such as Keegan Bradley label the change “monstrous” for amateurs, they water a seed that never should have been planted.
Despite that, user OmegaMalkior over on the egpu.io forums says that his recent upgrade from a to a monstrous GeForce RTX 4090 was a massive change.
For the past five decades, Blade has stood at the forefront of the never-ending fight against the world's most monstrous creatures of the night.
Her husband has been struck by a mysterious illness, and the only way to brew the cure is with the guts of a Molduga, a monstrous sand serpent that functions as a miniboss fight.
Hume Link Alliance is urging Governments to take a leadership role to prevent a bushfire catastrophe if this transmission line complete with its monstrous towers is ever built.
If Butcher was to prove to Ryan that being a super didn’t mean acting like a monstrous Übermensch, he could undo Homelander’s toxic influence on the boy.
It will hit players with solid headbutts, monstrous strikes with its muscular tail, and deceptively fast kicks with its huge feet.
Junpei became a monstrous creature bent on revenge, and not even Yuji could stop him.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, sentencing told the defendant, who appeared in the dock in a suit and tie, he took "monstrous advantage" of his victims and behaved as if he were "untoucable".
Mr Webber’s mother, Emma Webber, fought back tears as she said the “monstrous individual” responsible for the deaths “will not define us”.
Perhaps, government thru the much ballyhooed Maharlika fund can establish monstrous water impounding facilities in Central Luzon, or even large storm drains in Metro Manila like in Los Angeles to prevent street flash floods.
Season 4 also introduced Henry Creel, who was Hawkins Lab’s 001 subject and who after being unintentionally banished to the Upside Down by Eleven became the monstrous creature known as Vecna.
She said: “He loves his triathlons but this one is monstrous.
Shields will protect the spacecraft’s sensitive electronics from the monstrous levels of radiation in the Jupiter system.
Common combinations with monstrous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: