AWFUL in a Sentence
Learn AWFUL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
237 example sentences for AWFUL, such as:
1. I've had a really awful haircut.
2. She still has an awful lot to learn.
3. It was just awful from the beginning.
4. The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
5. Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
2. She still has an awful lot to learn.
3. It was just awful from the beginning.
4. The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
5. Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
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Meanings and Examples of AWFUL
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awful
ad. used as intensifiers
a. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But Mrs. Hale had said, "You've had an awful mean time, Ethan Frome," and he felt less alone with his misery.
2 It was just awful from the beginning.
3 Ashley Wilkes said they had an awful lot of scenery and music.
4 Surely, thought Scarlett, Pa will know whether this awful story is true.
5 And that awful Captain Butler, making you so conspicuous, and he's a terrible, terrible person, Scarlett.
6 Oh, she used awful grammar but I could see she was trying so hard to be elegant, poor thing.
7 It was awful for a man to know what women really thought about and talked about.
8 She would lead him a chase that would make up for even that awful humiliation of the day he witnessed her slapping Ashley.
9 I won't think of him or Mother or any of these awful things now.
10 And she looked as if she took a pleasure in saying such awful things.
11 For an awful moment she feared he was going to ask about her livestock and she braced herself for a good lie.
12 Ashley looked at Will quickly and then looked away, saying nothing but wondering if Will had the same awful suspicion which was haunting him.
13 Aunt Pitty told me about you last night and I--I just couldn't sleep all night for thinking how awful it was.
14 Perhaps some of the awful things he said were true.
15 In the dark hours which followed, that awful fact overshadowed even her father's slow and difficult dying.
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
2 The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.
3 The curtains in the photo are an awful fifties maroon, the color of dried blood.
4 We didn't enjoy the day because the weather was so awful.
5 I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
6 The awful truth about his disappearance finally dawned on her.
7 He has the most awful taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.
8 She still has an awful lot to learn.
9 The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
10 I can't put up with this awful machine any longer.
11 The old machine used to make an awful racket.
12 He dressed them down for the awful performance.
13 I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful.
14 We were faced with the awful reality of having nowhere to live.
15 I've had a really awful haircut.