The terrible tragedy was that a little boy had a horrible life ending in a grotesque death, killed by the adults living in his home.

According to Cernat, his "grotesque" death was sudden, catching him in the middle of a telephone conversation.

Even in grotesque death there was something familiar about the shape of the man's broad face and the color of his hair.

A grotesque death.

Barry and Mary's privileged world began to unravel in the mid-1960's with the grotesque deaths of two sons - one in a car accident, the other electrocuted.

In that part of town even the most grotesque death was a wonder only until the blood dried.

Of course many Libyans will die grotesque deaths.

He looked down at the artillery officer, torn into a grotesque death.

Through three wars, they endured more than their share of misfortune as maimings, disfigurements and grotesque deaths piled up into an enormous mountain of woe.

The idea of his beloved dying such an ugly, grotesque death made him ill.