Terribly

Examples

• There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Oh, my dear Maurice, he was so terribly wild! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The strike had thrown him terribly behindhand, as to the completion of these orders. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He looks sadly changed--terribly shaken. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He was a dreadful old man to look at, in a filthy flannel waistcoat, and smelling terribly of rum. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We could make a good life in Gredos in the summer time and in the fall but it would be terribly cold in winter. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But Mr. Welland was terribly upset; he had a slight temperature every morning while we were waiting to hear what had been decided. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He could not fail to connect my sudden return with his crime, and to be terribly alarmed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The part thus played in dialogue by Mr. Horrock was terribly effective. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I found my father expiring upon the ground, with his head terribly injured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Still, my dear Maurice, you must pardon my plain speech, but she did flirt terribly with Rudolph. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She had been terribly excited immediately after his disappearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Something may be said which will terribly injure me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That she suffered terribly then, all Helium knew, for did not all Helium suffer with her the loss of her lord! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• DEATH AND LOVE Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Why did she betray the two of them so terribly, in embracing the glow of the evening? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Yes, she said, I was terribly disturbed by dreaMs. Indeed, my lady? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was not much hurt, but terribly frightened. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She was so terribly sick and faint that she was thankful to be able to turn into the ladies' waiting-room, and sit down for an instant. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Master is terribly broke down. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I was terribly afraid of him, and my breath failed me when I tried to hasten out of his way. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I was never in my life so terribly frightened. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I remarked, how terribly rude! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He seemed terribly cut up by what had happened. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was a huge fellow, terribly scarred about the face and chest, and with one broken tusk and a missing ear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I get terribly hungry. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• No, no, she cried, you must not say such terribly sacrilegious things--you must not even think them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The lines in her face came out terribly--she looked old; and when a girl looks old to herself, how does she look to other people? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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