dreadfully

Example Sentences

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"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

“Yes. Many times we slipped away at the eleventh hour. We missed you dreadfully, Penny, but there seemed no way to contact you without putting you in danger.”

From Literature

While not solely to blame for their dreadfully poor domestic campaigns, injuries have certainly hampered both clubs.

From BBC