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
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
Starting eighth in horrendously wet conditions on the original 8.8-mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Clark quickly moved to the front in his Lotus.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
Most major national stories began as small stories at sometimes incredibly small newspapers in communities across the country where staff is routinely overworked and horrendously underpaid.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2024
“A Queen Mother who betrays the Council and goes against the abosom! How horrendously hypocritical.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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