gorier; goriest
1
: covered with gore : bloodstained
2
: bloodcurdling, sensational
wanted to hear the gory details
Examples of gory in a Sentence
doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence
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The traditional accounts of Aztec sacrifice are almost too gory to be true.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
The Devil’s Bath, an Austrian horror film from Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, which Playtime is selling worldwide, could be too gory for the Berlin jury, but the psychodrama about a woman driven to extremes in the 18th century rural Austria, won over Berlin audiences.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
The Devil’s Bath, an Austrian horror film from Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, which Playtime is selling worldwide, could be too gory for the Berlin jury, but the psychodrama about a woman driven to extremes in the 18th century rural Austria, won over Berlin audiences.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Gory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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