dreadfully

Example Sentences

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The bus lurched dreadfully as it started up but we were standing too close together to fall.

From Literature

And this was a consummate display, cool and measured with a ruthless edge, even if it came against this dreadfully poor Spurs side.

From BBC

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

From BBC

The movie was dreadfully dull, but she didn’t care.

From Literature

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