dreadfully

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 22, 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

“When you get such interesting and amusing film roles, it doesn’t seem dreadfully exciting to be in the 257th revival of ‘The Rivals,’” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

"This is plainly a dreadfully sad case," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

Everything was ruined now—and oh, how stupid she had been, how dreadfully stupid.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke