How to Use terrible in a Sentence

terrible

adjective

• I have a terrible cold.
• The service at that restaurant is terrible.
• Traffic was held up by a terrible accident.
• Though the weather wasn’t terrible for most of the game, the ball was wet at the start.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2023
• The place that hip-hop is in right now is a terrible place.
  — Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• Was stout against the run for a change (had been terrible).
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2021
• That was what families did in 1942, with the shades drawn and the lights dimmed in the midst of a terrible war.
  — Charles Osgood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024
• Two weeks ago there was a terrible fire at the house next door to hers.
  — Caitlin Shetterly, NPR, 7 May 2025
• The space behind the counter was narrow — a terrible place to die.
  — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• The Lions are 0-4 but are a young team and aren’t terrible.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• First, the Bengals were terrible and the Broncos had the best run defense in the league.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 6 May 2022
• The refs need to do a better job, that’s terrible on their end.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• What Tamra did to Gretchen back in the day was terrible.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 July 2025
• From the press box and on replay, that call was terrible.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
• Those in the latter camp are nasty — terrible and stupid!
  — Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
• The Cougars were terrible in games against Utah State and Utah, giving up 200+ yards to each.
  — oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2021
• Skinner had a terrible time of it for much of the season.
  — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• And then to see the fan reception to it is just terrible.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• Most of them are getting stuff with syrups and things that are terrible for you.
  — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 2 July 2024
• The woman thought that this was terrible, like this was nasty.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 May 2022
• That’s it, more or less; the writing isn’t great, but far from terrible.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• And, yes, the timing is terrible, but then there is no good time for plans such as these.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
• It was left to Bibi Netanyahu to tell his parents the terrible news.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
• Overall, not as terrible as the last few episodes but a far, far cry from good.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• Looks like these suits will be great for IG, terrible for tan lines.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 17 Aug. 2021
• Vegas bounced back from a terrible loss to the Fever with an 86-68 win over the Sun on Sunday.
  — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
• Marissa and Ramses went from a sure thing to a terrible breakup in the last batch of Love is Blind episodes.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2024
• The city was pretty much up for grabs, which was terrible.
  — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• The recent changes to the online OS are terrible and the changes need to be discarded and put back to the earlier version.
  — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
• In each case, Reid felt the player was a good-hearted person who had done something terrible but was sincere in his desire to atone and grow.
  — Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025