terrible

Example Sentences

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So I’m in here thinking, This is terrible, but it sounds terrible out there, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This project’s side effects could be “pretty catastrophic,” according to some experts, who describe it as “horrifying” and “a terrible idea.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

I’ve never once taken it for granted, especially as friends and family members have lived for decades in a terrible limbo over their legal status.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"And then such an extreme event takes place, and in a way, liberates everything -- all the emotions, all the ideas and the passions, all the terrible things."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

We all hoped it might be the Allies—from the refugees we had heard such terrible things about the Red Army.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo