horrendous
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"The first week was horrendous - everything was swollen, everything was sore. I was sure I was going to pull 15 million muscles," Woods said.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
"When the sun starts to hit you, you feel like dying. And inside the truck it's twice as bad... it's horrendous," he said, sweat soaking his shirt and running off his nose.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
"I don't wish for any other family to ever have to go through anything like this. It's just been horrendous," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
McHale’s character is horrendous to such a degree that some who watched the first two seasons of “The Bear” theorized he didn’t exist, that he was merely a figment of Carmy’s lowest insecurities.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2024
They were horrendous —a thick mass of them on her head, a swarm trailing back like a comet’s tail as she flew through the air.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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