Horrible

Examples

• What horrible place are we in? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But it seemed to him, woman was always so horrible and clutching, she had such a lust for possession, a greed of self-importance in love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is a horrible tyranny of a fixed milieu, where each piece of furniture is a commandment-stone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was something horrible to Dorothea in the sensation which this unresponsive hardness inflicted on her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Give one glance to my horrible life when you are gone. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I am sure you would do no such horrible thing,' said Lizzie. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The hour was come, when Saint Antoine was to execute his horrible idea of hoisting up men for lamps to show what he could be and do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He saw Satan, and Sin his daughter, and Death their horrible offspring. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But there is no longer any of the horrible merging, mingling self-abnegation of love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A horrible despair, and at the same time a sense of release, liberation, came over Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Why, child, I have but this moment escaped from his horrible mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• After that proof of your horrible falseness and cunning, I tore up my letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mr. Harthouse, I am in a horrible mess. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Then suddenly, about five minutes later, there came a most horrible yell--the most dreadful sound, Mr. Holmes, that ever I heard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Horrible,' replied Bob Sawyer, 'horrible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was horrible to think that I had provided the weapon, however undesignedly, but I could hardly think otherwise. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The engines and dynamos made a horrible racket, from loud and deep groans to a hideous shriek, and the place seemed to be filled with sparks and flames of all colors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They fancy some foul, obscure den, some horrible _Tartarus informis, ingens, cui lumen ademptum. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A horrible doubt crossed my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I rushed from the horrible scene, ran from the house, and only next morning in the paper did I learn the dreadful result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• No sooner was the door opened, than I was closely followed by this horrible man, who closed it after him without having spoken a single word. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Oh, what a horrible idea! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He rushed at the burglars, but another--it was an elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the grate and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And here, some evil spirit cast in his way the opportunity for his first, most horrible revenge. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Isn't it a horrible story? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the meantime, a horrible noise was heard below stairs, some crying, Secure the treacherous monks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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