awful
Example Sentences
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A portfolio with perfect timing would have grown to nearly $5.6 million in the S&P 500 while the one with perfectly awful timing would grow to $4.3 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
So the market will rally off its bear-market lows even as trailing EPS growth rates are awful.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“Ye can make awful music and still be right about Hitler.”
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Each awful encounter on the father and daughter’s journey dims their faith in humanity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
If we don’t make it, there’s no money back, and for the first time, I realize how awful it would be to return home, exhausted, broke.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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