dreadfully
Example Sentences
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When the bar for the films themselves is so dreadfully low, I can’t imagine a Marvel fan getting upset about the technical specs of their repetitive, predictable, formulaic, lab-made, half-finished superhero movies.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rebounding from dreadfully depressing injury news to knock out the NBA’s best rebounding team?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
"This is a dreadfully difficult, incredibly sad and utterly tragic case," the judge added.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
So music breaks down barriers, as characters keep telling us in a dreadfully blunt script: “This isn’t the mill, this is the choral. And we’re all equal here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
“I need it so much. I’m dreadfully in debt, and it won’t be my turn to have the rag money for a month.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
