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Recent Examples of horribly
The unwanted babies suffer horribly.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Cutforth did not start horribly, and his first full drive saw the Broncos advance to the Fresno 28-yard line, but Colton Boomer had a 45-yard field-goal attempt blocked.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Nov. 2025
What has become horribly and painfully obvious post-strike is that as the challenges facing our business have risen, the press and the chatter has gotten way more negative.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noel Acciari, who has been horribly banged up in recent years, made his preseason debut in this one.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With a parachute billowing behind him, Miura makes a couple of pizza turns on the sheer and horribly icy Lhotse Face before catching an edge and then tumbling several thousand feet to the bank of a crevasse.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Price hikes are almost always unpopular, but unveiling them immediately after offending subscribers, employees, politicians, and celebrities is tone-deaf and horribly timed.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Matthew Perry shared this behind-the-scenes pic of him and former onscreen wife Courteney Cox hanging out while filming an episode of Perry's own comedy series Go On, in which the two go on (another) date that goes horribly wrong — Grand Theft Auto-style.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Cutforth did not start horribly, and his first full drive saw the Broncos advance to the Fresno 28-yard line, but Colton Boomer had a 45-yard field-goal attempt blocked.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Nov. 2025
What has become horribly and painfully obvious post-strike is that as the challenges facing our business have risen, the press and the chatter has gotten way more negative.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noel Acciari, who has been horribly banged up in recent years, made his preseason debut in this one.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With a parachute billowing behind him, Miura makes a couple of pizza turns on the sheer and horribly icy Lhotse Face before catching an edge and then tumbling several thousand feet to the bank of a crevasse.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Price hikes are almost always unpopular, but unveiling them immediately after offending subscribers, employees, politicians, and celebrities is tone-deaf and horribly timed.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Matthew Perry shared this behind-the-scenes pic of him and former onscreen wife Courteney Cox hanging out while filming an episode of Perry's own comedy series Go On, in which the two go on (another) date that goes horribly wrong — Grand Theft Auto-style.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribly
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
31 Dec. 2025
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For 20 games, opponents often shot dreadfully from distance against Miami, whether the three-point attempts were heavily contested or not.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
14 Dec. 2025
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Today, however, Rihanna turned even the most dreadfully boring activity into an opportunity to stunt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
13 Nov. 2025
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Robby—The Pitt executive producer, writer, director, and star Noah Wyle’s instantly iconic attending physician—is leading his final shift before a three-month leave that sounds like an awfully good idea following his meltdown last season.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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However, officials went to the scorer’s table to review the play, which was awfully close.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Multiple bettors placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of which won.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The referendum also performed poorly in parts of north Mecklenburg west of Interstate 77, despite support for the plan in many precincts in the north to the east of the interstate.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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In retaliating against the Union, TSG decided to disastrously impact its employees, its guests, local businesses, and our community.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025
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Scientists have debated how much unnatural warming — built up in greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels — is likely to tip us into disastrously unmanageable weather systems.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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As for New England, this team under Mike Vrabel is better than the one that was horrifically overmatched under coach Raymond Berry and quarterback Tony Eason against Chicago.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
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The attrition rate was abysmally high.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Horribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribly. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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