Significados de awful interval em inglês

With the first dawn Desmond awoke, and there was an awful interval of pain.

An awful interval followed, during which the angry passions of the assembly seemed to be subdued by terror.

South, as great a wit as a preacher, has separated, by an awful interval, the superior and the domestic.

During this awful interval I was neither elated by the ambition of fame, nor depressed by the apprehension of contempt.

During the awful interval of awaited publication, I was neither elated by the ambition of fame nor depressed by the apprehension of contempt.