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Meanings of terrible in English
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Examples for "tremendous"
Examples for "tremendous"
1
I think you have given us all a tremendous example, she said.
2
The state taking control of water rights would create a tremendous uproar.
3
The letter as Trump read it said: Congratulations on a tremendous campaign.
4
Scale makes a tremendous difference to one's sense and definition of reality.
5
He's doing a tremendous job for us and hope he can continue.
1
There is some error, one frightful error, in the thinking of men.
2
No musical form, however frightful, seems immune from reinvention, reconstitution or revivification.
3
It is more terrible in sound than frightful in reality, my child.
4
That was the most frightful thing about it; it had no mouth.
5
To be caught in the mysterious toils of the law is frightful.
Usage of terrible in English
1
The noise was terrific; the sight was terrible in its fierce grandeur.
2
Elizabeth blushed and looked grave; to her the matter seemed too terrible.
3
His Eminence in scarlet is magnificent; his Eminence in gray is terrible.
4
Torches flashed in the boats that put off in the terrible search.
5
The news of the terrible insurrection of the catholics in Ireland followed.
6
In some cases these workers are forced to work in terrible conditions.
7
I have had a terrible existence; no light shines in the sky.
8
Thus Gerard, in one terrible night, grazed the prison and the grave.
9
She forgot the great danger in the fascination of the terrible spectacle.
10
Within the wall the scenes were more terrible than in the suburbs.
11
All parties in the late terrible conflict must work together in harmony.
12
There was something terrible in the joy that flamed in his eyes.
13
Pauline had put the empty room in order-interrible and desolate order.
14
No; but a terrible cry resounded from the top of the tree.
15
His face looked terrible; and he had a revolver in his hand.
16
His face was white and terrible; his gun was in his hands.
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Terrible across language varieties
United Kingdom
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Canada
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Australia
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