hideously

Example Sentences

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"I ordered a margarita that was hideously salty," says Leslie.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

When everyone is amazingly amazing at being amazing, however, the experience is so rote that you’ll be rooting for something to go hideously wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

By 1986 she and my father were divorcing, and hideously.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

On the screen we saw an aerial view of destroyed buildings, cratered streets, a bifurcated highway and then CSUN’s 2-year-old C-lot parking structure, which was bent hideously, like a broken leg.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

He saw, far away but hideously dear, El Patron jerk upward in his wheelchair.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer