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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Final Destination: Bloodlines After a 14-year hiatus, Final Destination is back — and gorier than ever.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 16 May 2025
The 1973 version of Crazies is a just-okay movie from legendary director George A. Romero, but the 2010 take is a perfectly gory white-knuckler that’s got Olyphant’s likability as an X-factor that raises its game.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Toward the end of the bleak, gory postapocalyptic tale, players are suddenly flung back to what seems like an impossibly simple time: a winter dance held the night before Part II’s story begins.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 14 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon is showing off one of the goriest — and sexiest — moments from behind the scenes of his latest TV show.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 16 May 2025
The 1973 version of Crazies is a just-okay movie from legendary director George A. Romero, but the 2010 take is a perfectly gory white-knuckler that’s got Olyphant’s likability as an X-factor that raises its game.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Toward the end of the bleak, gory postapocalyptic tale, players are suddenly flung back to what seems like an impossibly simple time: a winter dance held the night before Part II’s story begins.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 14 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon is showing off one of the goriest — and sexiest — moments from behind the scenes of his latest TV show.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gory
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“Gory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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