Gory

//ˈɡɔɹ.i//

"Gory" in a Sentence (20 examples)

It was pretty gory.

"Then wars shall cease and savage times grow mild, / and Remus and Quirinus, brethren twain, / with hoary Faith and Vesta undefiled, / shall give the law. With iron bolt and chain / firm-closed the gates of Janus shall remain. / Within, the Fiend of Discord, high reclined / on horrid arms, unheeded in the fane, / bound with a hundred brazen knots behind, / and grim with gory jaws, his grisly teeth shall grind."

I don't think really we want to know all the gory details.

I don't think that really we want to know all the gory details.

Tom wanted to hear all the gory details.

"Do you want to see that gory horror movie with me?" "Absolutely not."

He said the company was "irresponsible" for allowing the gory video to be posted, especially without a warning that some viewers might find it offensive.

The detective could not believe his eyes at the scene in his sight, unrecognizable faces amidst a gory mess of flesh.

a gory movie

Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.

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"What do you know of this Sara Stilton affair, Earl?" / "Not so much—but enough to denounce as high crime and treason her being permitted, let the paid, for eruditing on her muderous experiences and appearing upon the screen in all the gory glamour of shooting her ancient but wealthy husband. […]"

In no time they fired away all the gory intimate details, down to his rose tattoo.

[…] since the gory truth of the matter is I need scatterbrain automobiles of desire to burn up the road in order to get out of my own way

"Don't be so modest, Caitlin. Let's hear all the gory details. For instance, was there leather involved? Or maybe some handcuffs?" / Jeremy giggled.

The gory truth is that white women suffragettes (feminists) were not marching for Black women's right to vote in the early twentieth century. The unsavory reality is that Sistas faced sexism at the hands of our Brothas [too].

His only aim was to catch the CEO at lunch and give him all the gory news to make life difficult for people he didn't like.

I ask the obligatory questions about how he thought she was doing and if he changed the medicine. I bite my tongue and get all the gory information. She tortures me for a while, knowing what I really want to know. Then I ask the two most important questions about the medication change. In no particular order, “Are we going to get to go to the all you can eat[…]

All the gory information is in the footnotes to the financial statements. Under U.S. GAAP, companies are required to disclose information about their accounting choices and their expenses in the footnotes. The notes[…]

[…] level detail, you may be thinking that all you need is a big, fast DBMS to handle the gory transaction minutiae, and your job is over. Unfortunately, even with […]

When they go for a drink at the local pub, they may be quite bored with the gory minutiae of the local gossip.

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