gory

Preposition: in

• place: It's brutal in places, gory in places, and supernaturally creepy in places.

Preposition: as

• hell: SGM: ' Blood Feast 2 ' is a stunning return to form, blackly humorous and gory as hell.

Modifies a noun

• mayhem: Gory mayhem aside, there's not really much else to offer.
• glory: Has the last bloodied corpse been dragged from the field of gory glory?
• detail: Inside the Human Body Find out all the gory details about how your body works!
• tale: Watch for the next installment of this gory tale.
• scene: The Japanese press showed photos of the gory scene.
• violence: The graphic and gory violence is done quite well but its shock value weans and almost becomes laughable in parts.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: Nice that he doesnt need the dagger anymore and the battle scenes ARE pretty gory.
• rather: We were rather late getting there, and had missed the battle, but I did enjoy the rather gory Boudicca story.
• quite: Some if it is quite gory and the new concept is a nice refreshing change.
• too: Perhaps a little too gory was the inclusion of a bowl of human ashes in the exhibits.
• very: Is it more suspense oriented, very gory, extreme stunt set pieces?
• really: Greek is also really, really gory, which makes it exciting.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Do you run behind the sofa when the going gets gory?
• look: Think about what you looked like when you were left looking gory.
• sound: I know that sounds gory, it sounds primitive, but it's true.