horrendous
Example Sentences
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“You were thinking you weren’t going to put up with someone being that horrendous to you, even if she was a teacher.”
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"He was screaming in pain, it was just horrendous," Mike Trotter, 48, said.
From BBC
Also on Tuesday, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest in response at what she called "the horrendous and brutal killing of Iranian protesters".
From BBC
She added: "The United Kingdom condemns in the strongest of terms the horrendous and brutal killing of Iranian protesters, and we demand that the Iranian authorities respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of their citizens."
From BBC
Another minister described his interview as "horrendous and toe curling".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.