terrible

Example Sentences

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A terrible secret kept to not make him look bad and ruin his life.

From Los Angeles Times

“The guidance that’s been given for the year ahead is not terrible, but it is soft,” he said, adding: “They’re all saying, ‘Look, the consumer sentiment is soft.’”

From MarketWatch

This by itself wouldn’t be a terrible thing, given that an overreliance on wasteful lending contributed to the imbalances China now must resolve.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marks also raises the possibility of the US suffering terrible storms or fires in the future, destroying LNG terminals.

From BBC

A full ten years ago, way back in 1927, Willem had written in his doctoral thesis, done in Germany, that a terrible evil was taking root in that land.

From Literature