horrendously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Cut to 2026, and a point in history when the world feels horrendously upside down.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026
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
"It is horrendously awful," said Linda Andorf, board president for the Perry Community School District, NBC reported.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 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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