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Recent Examples of horrendous That prompted some observers, like journalist Geraldo Rivera, to blame the suspect’s horrendous act on violent video games. Time, 8 Oct. 2025 Not horrendous, but not the player of last season either. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 So, instead of a 28-6 lead for the Cardinals to start the fourth quarter, the Titans got the ball at the 20-yard line after a horrendous touchback. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Many players have gotten injured and now Malik Nabers and Joe Alt are the latest victim to the horrendous turf. Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horrendous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrendous
Adjective
  • Inherently, a writer doing historical research is always victim to this horrible irony.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are some horrible things said on stage by the mystery writer that Tony Carlin plays.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But talk about some awful timing, my word.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • How the stakeholders juggled those diametrically opposed ideas—liberty and self-governance but also slavery and their horrific treatment of the Native American population—is the part of the human experience that Burns is most interested in exploring.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the del Toro version, the creature played by Jacob Elordi is not terrifying, the director told Entertainment Weekly in September before the film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The line occurs when the film’s protagonist, Ripley (Weaver), emerges from an elevator in a giant metal bodysuit, ready to fight a terrifying alien to save a young child.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Broncos escaped, but this was ugly.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On the other side, there was just as much commotion, but these conversations were almost hysterical — and far uglier.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cultures around the world have ancient traditions of narrating events, sometimes gruesome, through song.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.
    The Know, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Football is a way of bringing people together irrespective of their faith, colour or religion and this disgusting decision does the exact opposite.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These are more disgusting smears peddled by the media and billboard law firms.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrendous. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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