frightful

Example Sentences

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But Ukraine’s determination to defend itself has come at a frightful cost that numbers can only begin to describe.

From New York Times

Before he disappears into the Arctic at the end of the book, he muses that once he had "high thoughts of honour," until his "frightful catalogue" of malignant deeds piled up.

From Salon

One of these truths is that vaccines occasionally do cause frightful reactions in people.

From New York Times

We could be at the beginning of a frightful adventure.

From Washington Post

Nations “make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things,” he wrote.

From Washington Post