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Recent Examples of horrifically
And much of the story of Beyond the Pale is Nicholas’s ultimate break with his father, which came when the elder Mosley ran for office in 1959 and Nicholas witnessed his father making horrifically racist appeals to the electorate.
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The book explains the world order as three despotic governments that horrifically dominate their citizens, control their respective satellite allies and are always at war.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Overall, European leaders’ positive reception of Rubio’s speech reflected how horrifically damaged the transatlantic relationship has been by the past year of turmoil over Ukraine, and month of arson over Greenland.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Nancy Guthrie's Arizona community gathered for a vigil Wednesday evening while the world can't look away from an incident that is deeply, horrifically sad and frightening.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Every three years, death strikes under mysterious circumstances, horrifically killing family members.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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
Louis Weslyn and Charles Albert wrote a horrifically racist blackface minstrel song called The Witch Behind the Moon that included lyrics about a Black witch who lived behind the moon and could fly down on her broomstick to snatch up children.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The book explains the world order as three despotic governments that horrifically dominate their citizens, control their respective satellite allies and are always at war.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Overall, European leaders’ positive reception of Rubio’s speech reflected how horrifically damaged the transatlantic relationship has been by the past year of turmoil over Ukraine, and month of arson over Greenland.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Nancy Guthrie's Arizona community gathered for a vigil Wednesday evening while the world can't look away from an incident that is deeply, horrifically sad and frightening.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Every three years, death strikes under mysterious circumstances, horrifically killing family members.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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
Louis Weslyn and Charles Albert wrote a horrifically racist blackface minstrel song called The Witch Behind the Moon that included lyrics about a Black witch who lived behind the moon and could fly down on her broomstick to snatch up children.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrifically
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How many soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen and innocent bystanders must die or be horribly wounded to satisfy our hubris?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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After ruling for more than 25 years, Aegon died, along with Dunk, during a catastrophic fire at the Targaryen vacation palace of Summerhall in what’s suggested to be a ritual to revive dragon eggs gone horribly wrong.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In a world gone terribly wrong and sideways, humanity survives.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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If that version of the fable hasn’t aged terribly well, an item in The Wall Street Journal this week elicited a few nervous squeals from some the NFL’s TV partners.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Shin Godzilla, written and directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame, comes the closest because it’s inspired by its own all-too-recent tragedy and feels dreadfully specific in its metaphor.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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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They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously.—
Leslie John,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, the dogs were trained using Soviet tanks, and their first combat deployment ended disastrously.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Poor sleep affects everyone Ninety-five percent of all caregivers agreed that good sleep is essential to overall family function, and nearly 80% said their own sleep suffers when their child sleeps poorly, the poll found.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Despite the robotic-like confidence coming from the Kremlin’s top policymakers and propagandists, the Russian army’s territorial gains over the last year have been abysmally small.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four months after his death, a handful of late 1960s recordings Marley and the Wailers cut for American soul singer Johnny Nash and his business partner, Danny Sims, were rushed out on a slapdash compilation, abysmally titled Chances Are–the first cash-in of many to come.—
Eric Harvey,
Pitchfork,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Horrifically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrifically. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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