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Recent Examples of terrible Allergy experts say there are a number of reasons why your allergies might be feeling particularly terrible at the moment. Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025 Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Arenas family and friends during this terrible time. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025 Skinner had a terrible time of it for much of the season. Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 What is disconcerting is when campaign donors and friends & family have commuted sentences after they have been legally convicted of terrible financial crimes. Sanjeev Menon, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terrible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrible
Adjective
  • One of our group hunted it on a rainy afternoon — traditionally a horrible time to bag a bird — and killed a 3-year-old tom. —A.M. Don’t Become Overly Reliant on Your Cameras Cameras aren’t magic.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
  • Big, wonderful, funny, horrible, strange, sad, great life.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • In the game, the station is in the bright sunlight, and the subway tunnel experience takes a lot longer, and isn’t quite as intense.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 May 2025
  • And, George, Elon Musk told reporters this week it's been a very intense 100 days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • The zombies are terrifying, and every situation our heroes find themselves in is a horrific, life-or-death struggle.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • The fact that, in 2013, Ulman survived a horrific bus crash that left her with permanent disabilities has also played a role in her process.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025
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  • Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Before the turn of the year, Manchester City were stuck in an awful rut.
    Sam Tighe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This joins a truly awful 18% audience score and an also-bad 5.7 out of 10 on IMDB, where anything under a 6 is almost never worth watching.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Consumer spending softened, increasing 1.8%, down from a 4% rise in the fourth quarter, but a decent performance in light of stock market turmoil and poor weather early in the quarter.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • These factors could contribute material risk to Nike’s earnings and put the company in a poor position to manage near-term headwinds.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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  • To cut yourself off from people is to lose your connection and way in a glorious, terrifying world.
    Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • Audio and video deepfakes created with generative AI tools add a new, terrifying wrinkle to scam spotting.
    Kim Key, PC Magazine, 1 May 2025
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  • Historically, Google has had a less intensive quality control processes than Apple which has meant more low-end apps make it through to the storefront.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
  • For now, these lands could be converted to intensive residential, commercial or industrial development.
    Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For some, watching the film might seem like a gruesome voyeuristic act, even if the scene in question is not a part of the final cut.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • David Carpenter was sentenced to death in 1984 for the murders of more than half a dozen people along Northern California hiking trails between 1979 and 1981, a gruesome spree that earned him the nickname Trailside Killer.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025

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“Terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrible. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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