awful

Example Sentences

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They had survived their way through the day despite their own awful shortcomings, winning on penalties because Rangers were an abomination in reply.

From BBC

She said there is "an awful lot of fear out there" about the rising cost of home heating oil.

From BBC

They were an awful mess, tangled and piled on each other and fighting over the vomit.

From Literature

"You were saying that something awful happened to him."

From Literature

Nowadays it’s served an awful lot better, but I think it was an underserved demographic.

From Los Angeles Times