most horrid
Example Sentences
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Sen. William Preston, a South Carolina Whig, called the statue “the most horrid phantasmagoria I have ever beheld.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023
But perhaps the most horrid place was the kitchen.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016
This nimble lady, otherwise, was fiercely wooed by the King of the Mud-turtles, a most horrid and sprawling shape, but a clever foil—with his army of river-rats, minks and crabs—to the nymphs and wood fairies.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
But when Tahioni drew the cocked hat from his head to see his countenance, hair and skin stuck to it, and a most horrid smell filled the woods.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
He started from his chair as Johnnie did likewise, for even as the man spoke a most horrid and untoward noise filled all the air.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
