awfully

Example Sentences

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He is the striker Scotland has been crying out for for an awfully long time, an instinctive and clever finisher, a guy who can score different types of goals.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Limbo doesn’t have a ZIP code, but it’s an awfully unsettling place to live.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Below knee level, the cabin materials get awfully budget-y.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

After the statement, a well-known photo of Donald Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Maxwell together at an event in the year 2000, standing close and looking awfully cozy, began to circulate online once again.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s just… your eye and all that. And you don’t eat. That seems an awfully strange thing for an animal who is alive.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman