dreadfully

Example Sentences

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"This is a dreadfully difficult, incredibly sad and utterly tragic case," the judge added.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

So music breaks down barriers, as characters keep telling us in a dreadfully blunt script: “This isn’t the mill, this is the choral. And we’re all equal here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"I suffered dreadfully and still do with my periods but was not diagnosed until my 40s."

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

Rarely in this series’ recent history has one club’s stock been so up, while the other’s has been so dreadfully down.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

“I’m dreadfully shaken. Most upsetting! And at my time of life!”

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis