How to Use gory in a Sentence

gory

adjective
  • Most of what the first three episodes deal with is the gory aftermath of this crash.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • No gory horror film stacks up to the terror of the real thing.
    — Lincoln Michel, GQ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Jones is one of these shoppers, but the gory scene almost turns her stomach.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • But there’s despair in the gory play-to-play details on offense.
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • This is a gory movie that doesn’t make for easy viewing, so maybe watch on an empty stomach.
    — Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Would-be buyers are even more spooked by the idea of residing in places where the death was gory.
    — Lew Sichelman | Andrews McMeel Syndication, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The sequel ramps things up with an $80 million price tag and even more gory fight scenes.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • Hereditary does have some scenes that could qualify as gory, or maybe just icky.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 June 2018
  • Bad smells and dripping blood from the truck led to the neighbors’ gory discovery.
    — Juan Montes, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
  • A lot of true crime content is salacious and gory, full of reenactments and shock.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The store has a kid-friendly area in the front, and displays a gorier scene in the back for teens and adults.
    — Jessie Spangler, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 July 2018
  • The film is gory, with revenge through bloodshed an important theme.
    — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • And remember, scammers don't walk around in gory masks with fake blood dripping off their teeth.
    — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Sometimes a blast can amputate part of a limb or gunshots can produce a gory scene.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • As in previous projects about her life, Tina doesn’t skimp on the gory details of what came next.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021
  • His vengeance was sweet, gory and spectacularly over-the-top.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Green’s murder had been staged; a can of Campbell’s soup, no less, was used for gory effect.
    — Nick Bilton, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • Green’s murder had been staged; a can of Campbell’s soup, no less, was used for gory effect.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • At this time of year, we're inundated with horror films that, frankly, are just too gory to show our kids.
    — Meghann Foye, Redbook, 29 Oct. 2014
  • The jury saw photos and video of the scene, including one gory top-down photo.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The result is gripping, suspenseful, and, frankly, bloody and gory.
    — Eva Holland, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Yeah, Parasite gets pretty damn gory, but only at the end of the film.
    — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • This pumpkin look is ideal for those who prefer to stay away from gory Halloween decor.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
  • This film is the longest in the series, and seems to contain the most frequent and goriest kills.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This is only the beginning of the gory drama that will play out in this space over the next couple of hours.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This is only the beginning of the gory drama that will play out over the next couple of hours in this space.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Looking for the gory details of the Phillies’ season-opening loss?
    — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • There is also mild violence, but it is not depicted in a graphic or gory way.
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Harry has Kiko take a look at the crate's contents, which are now revealed to us in all their gory glory.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Then there’s the history of big crashes there, which is both too long and too gory to try to capture in a few paragraphs.
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 11 Oct. 2017

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