something terrible
Example Sentences
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She imagined something terrible befalling her, and her parents discovering her mounting credit-card bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The 2007 opening of FX’s groundbreaking legal drama “Damages,” in which Byrne’s young lawyer, Ellen Parsons, flees an uptown New York apartment building in which something terrible has clearly happened, sparked all manner of conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
“If something terrible happens, if it is an emergency, well, I’ll take a risk.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
After his unexpected shift into the macabre, when he "saw something terrible, I saw pound signs".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
From that moment, my mother became convinced that something terrible had happened to me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
