Terrific

Examples

• And you, last night, thinking about how you and your grandfather were so terrific and your father was a coward. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But how puny and harmless they now looked beside this huge and terrific incarnation of hate, of vengeance and of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Figs's left made terrific play during all the rest of the combat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The smell was terrific, and the effect added to the hilarity of the excursion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But I can be the first to support and guard my country, now that terrific disasters and ruin have laid strong hands upon her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• At first this, and her terrific screams, were all that could be got from Rachael, by any tears, by any prayers, by any representations, by any means. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Of all the terrific yells that ever fell on mortal ears, none could exceed the cry of the infuriated throng. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A ground sea was heard; the thunder of its progress, as the waters rolled and swelled beneath me, became every moment more ominous and terrific. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• We would have to be married under Italian law and the formalities were terrific. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Then, as one, the males rushed headlong upon the thing which their terrific blows had reduced to a mass of hairy pulp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The north and east owned a terrific influence, making all pain more poignant, all sorrow sadder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The crashing of their blades upon mine raised a terrific din that might have been heard for miles through the silent night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We rose to the spirit of the time and the race became a wild rout, a stampede, a terrific panic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• After leaving Toronto a terrific blizzard came up and the train got snowed under in a cut. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Pivoting on my left toe, I swung a terrific right to his jaw, and, like a felled ox, he dropped in his tracks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• These are then molded and later vulcanized, being subject to terrific pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And this was more terrific to her husband (as perhaps she knew) than any flow of eloquence with which she could have edified the company. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well then; the terrific Duke of Wellington! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She was a terrific 'rubberneck. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I watched their progress with intense intereSt. The fire along the rebel line was terrific. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• While I watched the storm, so beautiful yet terrific, I wandered on with a hasty step. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I quitted my seat, and walked on, although the darkness and storm increased every minute, and the thunder burst with a terrific crash over my head. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• As we struggled on, nearer and nearer to the sea, from which this mighty wind was blowing dead on shore, its force became more and more terrific. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Women ought to be free--as free as we are, he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I ducked beneath his outstretched arms, and as he lunged past me planted a terrific right on the side of his jaw. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I saved a little of it and found it was a terrific explosive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Old Osborne's scowl, terrific always, had never before looked so deadly to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Typist: Ted