awfulness

Example Sentences

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“At all times, there’s like a giant ocean of awfulness, that’s like right there and I can see it,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Asked how she was feeling, Plaza said "I think I'm OK" before likening grief to a "giant ocean of awfulness".

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Two years later, with so much more awfulness to choose from, Harmon, revising his script for Broadway, has cut references to those events.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2024

It was a series about an audience, with an audience, which gave a viewer some cover, some distance, even as he might be enjoying the awfulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Maybe it was the sheer awfulness of the thought, or maybe it was hunger, but Alex found himself laughing for the first time in weeks.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer