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Meanings of grotesque appearance in English

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Usage of grotesque appearance in English
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He stamped, raved, tore his hair, and made altogether a very grotesque appearance.
The Young Musician; Or, Fighting His Way
2
Do they depend for protection and safety on their grotesque appearance?
Ranching, Sport and Travel
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From early days on physicians took interest in hydrocephaly because of its grotesque appearance.
Pubmed
4
Many animals deliberately assume a frightful, terrifying or grotesque appearance.
The Human Side of Animals
5
Poor Blaize presented a lamentable, and yet grotesque appearance.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
6
A grove of yucca trees presents a grotesque appearance.
Arizona Sketches
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While he pitied her evident fright, he could not help smiling at her grotesque appearance.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
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The people laughed at the grotesque appearance of some, and at the decrepit sottishness of others.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 18...
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Perhaps the most amusing thing about him was his complete unconsciousness of his own grotesque appearance.
A House of Pomegranates
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This dignitary presented rather a grotesque appearance.
A Collection of College Words and Customs
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Brown glanced round, saw the doctor's grotesque appearance with the stethoscope in position, and shook his head.
The Brown Study
12
The "Invincibles" were next in line and created considerable mirth by their fantastic and grotesque appearance.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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Yet when the baby was at last brought to light, it had the grotesque appearance of a seven-months fetus.
Odd John
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I wore a cream-colored hat made of the fur of the prairie wolf, which gave me a grotesque appearance.
Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
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When we reached the parade-ground, within the Fort, we could not help laughing at the grotesque appearance we presented.
Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest
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Sonia's room looked like a barn; it was a very irregular quadrangle and this gave it a grotesque appearance.
Crime and Punishment
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