DREADFUL in a Sentence
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244 example sentences for DREADFUL, such as:
1. He told me a dreadful story.
2. They told us the dreadful news.
3. It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
4. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
5. Lord knows where he dug up that dreadful story.
2. They told us the dreadful news.
3. It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
4. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
5. Lord knows where he dug up that dreadful story.
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Meanings and Examples of DREADFUL
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dreadful
a. very unpleasant
a. causing fear or dread or terror
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She half covered her eyes, in case he did do--something dreadful.
2 He turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
3 Atone, by repentance and better conduct, for the shocking action you have committed, and the dreadful consequences to which it has led.
4 Under the various burdens imposed by this unhappy state of affairs, the people of England suffered deeply for the present, and had yet more dreadful cause to fear for the future.
5 And well and chivalrous did De Bracy that day maintain the fame he had acquired in the civil wars of that dreadful period.
6 She wanted to forget, to forget the world, and all the dreadful, carrion-bodied people.
7 It is not ugly, you see, at this end; there is some fine timber, but the situation of the house is dreadful.
8 I caught a dreadful cold, but that I did not regard.
9 To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation.
10 This dreadful communication could not be kept from the rest of the family.
11 I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle.
12 The two crones, to all appearance, too busily occupied in the preparations for their dreadful duties to make any reply, were left alone, hovering about the body.
13 The man seemed to say this, with such dreadful hatred, that Oliver awoke with the fear, and started up.
14 I was brought here, by the most dreadful and agonising of all apprehensions,' said the young man; 'the fear of losing the one dear being on whom my every wish and hope are fixed.
15 This mad excitement over, there returned, with ten-fold force, the dreadful consciousness of his crime.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 Consent, then, to his demand is possible: but for one item -- one dreadful item.
2 'No, no! The adventures first,' said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: 'explanations take such a dreadful time.'
3 The room is in dreadful disorder, you have no chance to find that box.
4 They separated into three hostile tribes, and darted upon each other from ambush with dreadful war-whoops, and killed each other by thousands.
5 When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.
6 Lord knows where he dug up that dreadful story.
7 The dreadful events of 11th September have filled people throughout the world with a revulsion for terrorism, whatever its aims.
8 It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
9 The film was dreadful - all spooks and vampires.
10 I can't get that dreadful moment/image out of my mind.
11 I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.
12 They told us the dreadful news.
13 He told me a dreadful story.
14 I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.
15 No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.