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Recent Examples of horribly
The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That’s because no outside world news makes its way to contestants during the course of the game, which means that producers would not let Jake know any details regarding his child’s birth, unless something went horribly wrong.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Sometimes prosthetics are required, or fake teeth, or horribly unflattering wigs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
That doesn’t sound horribly expensive—at first.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Set over the course of a multi-day lesbian date between Naima (Alia Shawkat) and Sergio (played by Laia Costa), Duck Butter is the classic tale of U-hauling gone horribly wrong.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
The false calls emerge from an atmosphere where the threat of mass gun violence is horribly real.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Good teams have bad weeks, even bad months; the Mets started horribly last season, and romped into the National League Championship Series.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
To fix what’s gone horribly wrong in Deerfield Beach, the sheriff could show up at next week’s commission meeting and openly discuss their differences.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That’s because no outside world news makes its way to contestants during the course of the game, which means that producers would not let Jake know any details regarding his child’s birth, unless something went horribly wrong.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Sometimes prosthetics are required, or fake teeth, or horribly unflattering wigs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
That doesn’t sound horribly expensive—at first.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Set over the course of a multi-day lesbian date between Naima (Alia Shawkat) and Sergio (played by Laia Costa), Duck Butter is the classic tale of U-hauling gone horribly wrong.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
The false calls emerge from an atmosphere where the threat of mass gun violence is horribly real.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Good teams have bad weeks, even bad months; the Mets started horribly last season, and romped into the National League Championship Series.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
To fix what’s gone horribly wrong in Deerfield Beach, the sheriff could show up at next week’s commission meeting and openly discuss their differences.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribly
Adverb
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Even raid racers are not terribly excited about that, and apparently even like the previous World’s First team is even going to bother with it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Set in his native Scotland and lovingly photographed, the film tantalizes even without a terribly original story.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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West Virginia in 2007 and Cincinnati in 2009 came awfully close.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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While skeptics will wisely point to the small sample size, Sox general manager Chris Getz and manager Will Venable must be getting awfully excited.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Most available positions are informal, poorly compensated and offer little stability or room for career growth.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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If reserves prove insufficient—or are poorly disclosed—confidence can collapse overnight.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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This disastrously cramped conception of who gets to have a day in court would be the main target of my outrage if the court’s opinion on the use of ethnicity, language and workplace as factors in immigration enforcement weren’t even more upsetting.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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This prediction almost proved disastrously far from the truth.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The accident leaves him horrifically disfigured, but also gifts him with enhanced strength.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Lohan, a gifted actor whose career has had some shaky turns, is left to build a performance on her costumes, an assortment of allegedly kicky but in reality horrifically ugly teenage-girl getups.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Confidence in the media is abysmally low, a finding confirmed regularly by many pollsters asking many different questions.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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If soils have been dry or inadequately irrigated, consider harvesting nearly ripe fruit before rainstorm events to avoid cracking.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Horribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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