hideously
Example Sentences
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He had spent two years in a standard hospital bed, provided by the NHS, which he described as "hideously uncomfortable" and like "torture".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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
He’s just a hideously rich guy who wants to be president; this has never happened before, and would surely set a new precedent.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2023
The snowmen the squires had built had grown into monstrous giants, ten feet tall and hideously misshapen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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