Dreadful

Examples

• The gal's manners is dreadful vulgar; and the boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A few days before she had done a dreadful thing, and it weighed upon her conscience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Go before me and show me all those dreadful places. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Here is some mistake I am suresome dreadful mistake. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The poor creature interrupted me with loud sobs, which produced such a dreadful fit of coughing, I thought that she would have expired on the spot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Oh, those dreadful nerves! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• How dreadful to remember, perhaps, that she had sometimes even wished the old man away who was so swiftly hurried out of life! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At this dreadful reflection, Mrs. Nupkins wept mental anguish, and Miss Nupkins followed on the same side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He has done dreadful mischief, I own; but he has done it innocently. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Only, thinking about it was so dreadful--it has made me ill. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And when my only prayer was to be taken off from the rest and when it was such inexplicable agony and misery to be a part of the dreadful thing? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But it won't be easy, for it is a dreadful disappointment, and poor Jo bedewed the little fat pincushion she held with several very bitter tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Poor lady, she has had a most dreadful experience. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And I must say I think Mary Garth a dreadful plain girl--more fit for a governess. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I immediately inquired of her why she left her home with such a dreadful cough. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In a place like this I'm sure to upset something, tread on people's toes, or do something dreadful, so I keep out of mischief and let Meg sail about. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Back again, to-night, to the dreadful alternative between the opium and the pain! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I caught a dreadful cold, but _that_ I did not regard. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I know that we did dreadful things to them too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There was no bearing such an always; and to break through her dreadful gratitude, Emma made the direct inquiry of Wheremay I ask? Jane Austen. Emma.
• You shall hear then--but prepare yourself for something very dreadful. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Dreadful question: there was no one here to answer it--not even dumb sign, mute token. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One look at my aunt's face (knowing what I knew) was enough to warn me of the dreadful truth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was dreadful to go in at the door again; but, she did go in, and even went near it, to get the bonnet and other things that she must wear. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I did not go on the street by daylight for two weeks, as the appearance of my face was dreadful. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Probably he is a president, or a pasha, or some of those dreadful things you speak of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart which I do not think that any burglar could have done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It's dreadful to think of! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He was a dreadful old man to look at, in a filthy flannel waistcoat, and smelling terribly of rum. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Yet I am afraid the dreadful truth is, Herbert, that he is attached to me, strongly attached to me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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