horrible

Example Sentences

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"We just want to leave and go home. I won't be coming to sea again after what I've seen now. This first trip has been really horrible."

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

It’s that these battles over leadership and this weird Julius Caesar–style triumvirate of interim leadership may be trickling down in ways that lets horrible people get away with incredibly light sentences.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

“It would be horrible to die with that secret,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Cesar Chavez the man did something horrible, something despicable, something that we’re not going to justify,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Was it bittersweet for Penelope to part from the horrible Babushkawoos so abruptly, without so much as a good-bye?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood