awful
Example Sentences
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In modern lingo, plague is shorthand for something really awful: “I caught the plague last weekend!,”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some parents had "quite awful experiences in their life", team member Jude Hannam says, but "that can lead them to be an even better parent, because they don't want to parent how they were".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The students clearly engaged in awful behavior, and Cornell has punished them after its investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Large numbers will go on to die awful deaths from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative brain diseases as a result of their work entertaining us on TV.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s awful and something I haven’t seen since I accidentally swallowed his favorite marble.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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