How to Use horrendous in a Sentence

horrendous

adjective
  • Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
  • The Bears’ defense is horrendous, and the Eagles could move the ball at will.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Fame can be so horrendous, but there are parts of it that rock.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Deeply disturbed by the tragic fires and the horrendous loss of life around the Wellington PMB area.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • New York has won two straight and three of four after a horrendous start.
    Tom Withers, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
  • So what happened in a horrendous half to open the 49ers’ NFC title hunt?
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The initial look at the Cavs’ new starting group was horrendous.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Though Jordan Love played in the same conditions and, horrendous throw to end the game aside, didn’t seem to have the same issues.
    USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The idea of getting carted off for ten years is horrendous.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Under any circumstances that is a horrendous tragedy, but the video shows that there’s more to this.
    al, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The Spartans had just one turnover after the horrendous start, which turned into 12 points for the Cornhuskers.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The pain and struggle with mental health is horrendous.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 May 2022
  • Iron Mountain came from the U.P. three years ago and lost the state title on a couple of horrendous calls by the officials.
    Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In a later sketch, Grohl goofed around with Fallon to sing old jingles in dodgy clothes and horrendous wigs.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 May 2021
  • Morgan Loew: These were real kids that had these horrendous things done to them.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Life goes on, season to season, while Hyams speaks of horrendous things.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • The kind with apple cider vinegar that smell horrendous are so good for the everything.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The idea of new drilling there feels like a horrendous violation.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
  • The horrendous events of October the 7th and the Israeli response, seem to have stirred up this ancient hatred.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • This horrendous crime has left a child without a mother.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Monitors in the area showed the air quality to be horrendous.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2021
  • At the sentencing, the judge called Vicki the evil mastermind of a perverse and horrendous crime.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • But as Babis vies for reelection this week, the optics are horrendous.
    Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The boy who once felt invisible, had found a horrendous way to get the world's attention.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 29 May 2021
  • But when more than half of the people trying to set up an account are rejected, that’s a horrendous record.
    Washington Post, 6 July 2021
  • Their horrendous loss in the first game of a doubleheader at Dodger Stadium showed that the past is not so easy to escape.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The design is equally simple too and won't look horrendous in your living space.
    Scott Gilbertson gear Team, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The legislation, which passed in the wake of a series of horrendous shootings, was not perfect.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Who will steal the show as best dressed, or become notorious for a horrendous fit?
    oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Now, over four days in the 100-acre cavern in Louisville, stunning breakthroughs would emerge amid horrendous breakdowns.
    David Montgomery, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021

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