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Meanings of dreadful circumstances in English

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Usage of dreadful circumstances in English
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They sent, on their arrival, great numbers to the hospital in very dreadful circumstances.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
2
Mr Falconer and Kitty were returning, unsuspicious of the dreadful circumstances which had occurred.
Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land
3
Shall I recount the dreadful circumstances again?
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
4
He relayed the intelligence that Sallie was alive and as well as could be expected under the dreadful circumstances.
The diary of mattie spenser
5
Not under these dreadful circumstances.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy,...
6
Let me now tell, as well and briefly as I may, the dreadful circumstances of my last great trial.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4
7
One burst in his stomach, and the young man died on the floor of a police cell, in dreadful circumstances.
The Guardian
8
All I can tell you is, that my father was the salvation of that young officer under very dreadful circumstances.
No Name
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"It would not be possible to enjoy ourselves under such very dreadful circumstances."
King Midas: a Romance
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