dreadfully

Example Sentences

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Former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure tweeted: "Dreadfully sad. Lovely man. Thoughts go out to his family and friends."

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2016

"Dreadfully, ridiculously fond of him like any old-fashioned girl...."

From Barnaby A Novel by Ramsay, R.

Dreadfully upset by a terrible idea, she retired to rest again, but not to sleep.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

Dreadfully sorry he couldn't fetch her himself, but gave carte blanche for everything a girl could possibly want in travelling, except a father.

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Dreadfully eerie they are to listen to on a night like this, and in such a lonely scene.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon