awfully

Example Sentences

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The setting of Spielberg’s latest looks awfully similar to our own.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

He is the striker Scotland has been crying out for for an awfully long time, an instinctive and clever finisher, a guy who can score different types of goals.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Limbo doesn’t have a ZIP code, but it’s an awfully unsettling place to live.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Yet its plans to “modernize” the TV-and-movie house seem to have fallen awfully hard on 60 Minutes itself, despite the news brand’s status as one of Paramount’s most treasured properties.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“We are awfully close to the airport,” Mom murmured.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix