all-fired

Example Sentences

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And thank heavens for Irene Saltz, without whose all-fired energy Tarbox would never have achieved such an effective League of Women Voters or Fair Housing Group.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Albert, not Victoria, who was so all-fired prim and proper that the term Victorian was saddled on her era as a synonym for Puritan rigidity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appalachian cabins never gleamed so spiffily as at Dolly Parton's new Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Country music rarely sounded so all-fired wholesome as it does at Nashville's Opryland.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were about ten guys throwing horseshoes, and the clangs and the cheers that came from them made it seem like it was all-fired important—like it probably was to a bunch of chumps.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

I put the first edition of Jane Eyre back on the shelf, and slid all three books in carefully because I guess it was all-fired important.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt