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Adverb
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Bradfords are horribly invasive.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026 -
But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Things aren’t going terribly well as of late for the Prius.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
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The willingness of the officers to jump into some awfully cold water was for a good cause – Special Olympics Illinois — is admirable.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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That’s despite the fact that outfielder Wyatt Langford (4 for 28) has gotten off to an awfully quiet start in the two hole.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Apr. 2026
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More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The nu-metal tribute to the late right-wing activist is deeply catchy and sickeningly soppy, like Creed but a lot worse.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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Their bodies are squat and bulky, tall and alarmingly skinny.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Water use levels spiked so alarmingly that town and county officials sent out an emergency alert telling people to stop watering their lawns.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Abominably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abominably. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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