dreadful

Example Sentences

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He cringed and quietly begged the children to stop, stuffed moss in his one good ear and went to bed early on that dreadful night.

From Literature

It all combined to make for a dreadful day for tech.

From Barron's

It was 1918; the dreadful war was finally over: even in the way people walked you could sense a new hope in the air.

From Literature

It was as I was sitting there in the hay, watching her chomping away, that I told her the dreadful truth that I dared tell no one else.

From Literature

The hair on my neck stood up and a dreadful feeling mounted in my chest.

From Literature