O he has doen him to his ha, To make him beerly cheer; An in it came a griesly ghost, Steed stappin i the fleer.
And louder houled the rising wind And burst the fastned door; And in there came a griesly ghost, Stood stamping on the floor.
Here of his griesly wound the youthful Moor Was briefly healed by the Catayan maid; But who in briefer space, a sorer smart Than young Medoro's, suffered at her heart.
At length they came into a larger space, That stretcht itselfe into an ample playne; Through which a beaten broad high way did trace, That streight did lead to Plutoes griesly rayne.
Suddeinly an innumerable flight Of harmefull fowles about them fluttering cride, And with their wicked wings them oft did smight And sore annoyed, groping in thatgriesly night.
Whitaker, however, could never see this 'griesly sight' through the chink in the floor; and it is perhaps altogether traditional.
The Termination ISM is always us'd but as one Syllable; as Where griesly Schism and raging Strife appear.
XXI So as they traveild, lo they gan espy An armed knight° towards them gallop fast, That seemed from some feared foe to fly, Or other griesly thing, that him aghast.
But his most hideous head my toung to tell 105 Does tremble: for his deepe devouring jawes Wide gaped, like the griesly mouth of hell, Through which into his darke abisse all ravin fell.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "griesly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
