horrid

Example Sentences

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After a horrid few days, Slot and Liverpool finally had something to smile about.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

That reduces China’s response time to a border flare-up and “pushes power projection in that horrid terrain,” Symon said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

UCLA’s run game was horrid in the opener, gaining 24 yards in 13 carries if you take away quarterback Ethan Garbers’ scrambles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Engel thinks I am translating von Linden’s horrid notes, but I am sneaking in a few recipe cards of my own because I have got ahead of her.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein