terrible

Example Sentences

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As of Thursday afternoon, the index was essentially flat this year to date — not terrible, but not great.

From MarketWatch

“As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Before this terrible incident we were geared up to fight in March and then fight Tyson Fury," Hearn said.

From BBC

Casting Hannibal as an implacable enemy of Rome from his earliest childhood merely served to assuage Roman guilt for Carthage’s terrible end.

From The Wall Street Journal

I can’t cling to my people because my mother—my main person —is part of the terrible thing happening.

From Literature