How to Use atrocious in a Sentence

atrocious

adjective

• It would seem that by now the Tigers might be weary of analyzing their roller-coaster season, sick of reliving their atrocious 9-23 start and comparing it with their recent hot streak.
  — Sports Illustrated, 4 Sept. 2000
• Willis has no career touchdown passes, three interceptions and an atrocious passer rating of 48.7.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• The Giants’ bullpen has been atrocious, with a 6.08 ERA, the second–worst mark in the league.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2020
• The Musketeers were atrocious at that end of the floor.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2022
• The noises from above were atrocious: blasts of fire, grunts of pain, shrieks of rage.
  — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
• Ceiling fans have changed a lot since the days of my atrocious ‘90s fan.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
• The killing of George Floyd was atrocious—words cannot even describe it.
  — Bethany Heitman, Health.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• The starting five combined to shoot an atrocious 18-of-73 from the field.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2022
• The Ravens have no clue in pass defense, and the tackling from this group is atrocious.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• The Packers get a Day 1 starter to add to their atrocious secondary.
  — Cameron Wolfe, The Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2017
• It’s been three years, four weeks, and one day since the atrocious finale aired on HBO.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 June 2022
• The Wildcats offense has been even more atrocious than the Huskies have.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2021
• To be fair to Brissett, the running game was atrocious as well.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
• Given all the fish, the puppy’s breath must have been atrocious.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2020
• Those accused of atrocious crimes were in the custody of the victors.
  — Aryeh Neier, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2021
• This is atrocious, this is wrong, this is the aggressor, this is the one that needs to end this war.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
• If that sounds like an atrocious amount of money to pay for Jones, that comes in the future.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
• This is a matchup of teams that are atrocious in the turnover ratio, with the Dolphins at minus-14 and Giants at minus-13.
  — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• After all, the offense was weak and the run defense was atrocious in 2019.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2020
• The live move-in was dull, awkward, and the pacing was truly atrocious.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Lindor has been atrocious at the plate to start the season going 11-for-73 to start the season.
  — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• The hope must be that the Senate will have more compassion and good sense than the House, which passed this atrocious bill.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
• Bill O’Brien’s play selection at times in the game was atrocious.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• Rodgers, who didn’t play a snap in the preseason, was atrocious in his first action of 2021.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• Heck, this buy might even spell doom for the atrocious Bethesda Launcher, and that can’t come soon enough.
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 21 Sep. 2020
• The hexagonal shape of the steering wheel is atrocious.
  — Fortune, 3 Oct. 2021
• The case has shed light on Sudan’s atrocious record on women’s rights.
  — Farid Y. Farid, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2018
• And many of whom, it should be pointed out, are quite skilled at making atrocious hires.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2021
• The Bears’ defense is good, but their offense is atrocious.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2020
• In the late 1990s, agents habitually sent companies a couple spec scripts a day, and most of them were atrocious.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024