horrendously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In Miami’s case, it means that keeping Tagovailoa is horrendously expensive—but so is getting rid of him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Miss Richardson, who will now represent England at Miss World 2026, said she was bullied "horrendously" while at school.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
It missed — horrendously — zipping past Freddie Freeman and rolling all the way to the wall in right field while all three baserunners came around to score.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Despite being deadly dull and horrendously emceed, the Globes viewership was up from 2023 by a whopping 50%, attracting 9.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024
Similarly, Japan continues to use its horrendously cumbersome kanji writing system in preference to efficient alphabets or Japan’s own efficient kana syllabary—because the prestige attached to kanji is so great.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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