Used in a Sentence

grue

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grue.

Editorial note

Grue lunch begins when the grue counter of the dungeon is greater than 10.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grue gathered in one view.

noun

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

noun

Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

noun

A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grue.

noun

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

noun

Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

noun

A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

noun

(Scotland) A shiver, a shudder.

Example sentences

1

Grue lunch begins when the grue counter of the dungeon is greater than 10.

2

Every turn while the player is in a grue infested room: Increase the grue counter of the location by one. The dungeon is a room.

3

Let's say you want a room where the player is eaten by a grue if they linger too long: A room has a number called grue counter.

4

The grue counter of a room is usually 0.

5

We could call one grue and the other bleen, for all the difference it would make.

6

Protip: go back if the image doesn't render, otherwise you might be eaten by a grue.

7

The Grue and the Wumpus can both orchestrate their games in the same maze at the same time without interference!

8

Or if you consulted an older textbook, and the idiom it taught has a grue.

9

Also it is dark and you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

10

It isn't 2010 yet, so you would equally say that it's looked grue.

11

There is no computer in the world you could throw at the Hurd and expect your work to not get eaten by a grue.

12

I can hate Sarah Palin and post about how I hope she gets eaten by a grue, but that's not misogyny.

Quote examples

1

You are likely to be eaten by a grue." Grue lunch is a scene.

2

Something is "grue" if it's green before (say) midnight at the start of January 1, 2010, and blue after that.

3

"You stand in a basic medieval dungeon." The dungeon is grue infested.

4

The provable aspects revolve mostly around concepts like the colour "grue".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grue in a sentence?

Grue lunch begins when the grue counter of the dungeon is greater than 10.

What does grue mean?

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

What part of speech is grue?

grue is commonly used as noun.