dreadfully

Example Sentences

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Former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure tweeted: "Dreadfully sad. Lovely man. Thoughts go out to his family and friends."

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2016

Dreadfully staring through muddy impurity, as when with the daring last look of despairing fix’d on futurity.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Dreadfully; and he swore once—but afterwards he said he was sorry for that.

From The Servant in the House by Kennedy, Charles Rann

Dreadfully alarmed at the prodigy, he runs full of concern to the soothsayers.

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

"Dreadfully tiresome, is it not," said Jack; "no wonder they call this ocean the Pacific."

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul