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Meanings of grotesque figures in English

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Usage of grotesque figures in English
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The beach was alive with the gorgeous grotesque figures of the bathers.
The Fatal Glove
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Dim, grotesque figures moved about him or swooped and hovered over him.
Far from Home
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The quotation flashed across Arthur's mind as he looked at the grotesque figures.
The Gadfly
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The image was suggested by seeing one of those grotesque figures across the street.
The Visioning: A Novel
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The corner-posts were carved into life-size grotesque figures of men.
Where the Sun Swings North
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It is covered all over with looking-glass and there are lots of grotesque figures.
The Queen Pedauque
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And so, grotesque figures in our Arctics, we entered the equatorial waters of the Java Sea.
The Last Ship
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There were several other grotesque figures that presented themselves, which it would be too tedious to describe.
Essays and Tales
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Overhead, the grotesque figures depicted in the chamber's ceiling frescoes seemed to stare down at them mockingly.
Inferno
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A large number of men and boys disguise themselves to represent different grotesque figures, animals, or persons.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
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Then there were queer and grotesque figures, such as a frog, a lobster, and a huge crab.
Patty in Paris
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Like his friend Coleridge, Wordsworth forsook gradually his early experiments with matter-of-fact phrases, with quaintly grotesque figures.
A Study of Poetry
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These grotesque figures, these caricatures of humanity!
Idle Ideas in 1905
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But the firelight flickered gayly, and the light danced on the walls, making grotesque figures of the furniture.
Condensed Novels
15
The bow and stern are decorated with grotesque figures of men and animals, sometimes five feet in height.
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
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The trunks, ears, and bodies of these elephants were painted with cinnabar and other colours, representing grotesque figures.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 04
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