awfully

Example Sentences

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The market for higher education isn’t failing, but it’s taking an awfully long time to adjust.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Millions of Americans have trouble making ends meet, and a class-action lawsuit check can feel like awfully good timing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

That sounds awfully dire and overblown, I know.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

For Americans over the age of, say, 35, the Iran war feels awfully familiar.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

And it was, in a way, though it looked awfully lonely in the vast countryside—and dilapidated, too.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen