horrid

Example Sentences

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After a horrid few days, Slot and Liverpool finally had something to smile about.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

That reduces China’s response time to a border flare-up and “pushes power projection in that horrid terrain,” Symon said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“The morale at JPL is horrid right now,” the mechanical engineer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

Well-credentialed scientists were starting to worry about the long-term effects of carbon emissions, but the public was still more attuned to the unavoidable scenes of toxic water pollution and horrid air quality.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2024

She munched a strip of dried kudu meat and choked down some of the horrid, tasteless water-lily bulbs as she made plans.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer