Example Sentences

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"The scourge of hunger... continues to atrociously plague a significant portion of humanity," he said, a day after the United Nations warned global hunger "is at record levels".

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

“There’s this person who’s a repeat offender, who’s been behaving atrociously, and as opposed to shutting them down and shutting the production down, there’s an effort to save the movie and them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Shadow Culture Secretary, Lucy Powell, said the match was "chaotic, scary and atrociously managed", adding the "French authorities' handling of the final puts in doubt their ability to host such events in the future".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

A new report details how atrociously Facebook behaved last year when it faced having to pay for news content it had been getting for free.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022

She dutifully wrote down all the names Mrs. Coulter suggested, spelling them atrociously and then crossing them out when Mrs. Coulter decided against them after all.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman