something terrible
Example Sentences
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It’s important minors have a “judgment-free space to say, ‘hey, I stumbled something terrible.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
“If something terrible happens, if it is an emergency, well, I’ll take a risk.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
One guest in the film predicts something terrible will happen and wants to leave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Anytime I see an animal in a horror movie, it makes me incredibly nervous because, as a genre rule, it usually means something terrible is going to happen to them.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
Dear Miss Hope, I am thirteen years old with black hair and something terrible is happening and I can’t tell anyone not even my mother.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
