How to Use horrendous in a Sentence

horrendous

adjective
  • Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
  • The pain of not being able to talk to them is horrendous.
    Susan Mallie, CBS News, 12 May 2018
  • 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
  • Jeff Green and Davis were horrendous in their new roles.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The Orioles are in the midst of a horrendous season, and that has been reflected in the stands.
    Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2018
  • Deeply disturbed by the tragic fires and the horrendous loss of life around the Wellington PMB area.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • There's a whole bunch of things that happened that were just horrendous.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2020
  • New York has won two straight and three of four after a horrendous start.
    Tom Withers, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The Reds have been scratching their way back from their horrendous start for 10 ½ weeks now.
    John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2018
  • 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
  • Ji grew up in North Korea during a horrendous famine in the 1990s.
    David Martin, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • First up is resetting The Man’s leg, which sounds horrendous and looks even worse.
    Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Either that or the power play for each team was horrendous.
    Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Lines to tour the Vatican these days may be horrendous.
    Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
  • 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 good news is that the Panthers are at least putting themselves in position to no longer be horrendous.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The pain and struggle with mental health is horrendous.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 May 2022
  • All her family and friends are gone, in the most horrendous fashion, some killed by her hand.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2021
  • That’s horrendous for creatures in the deep who need the oxygen the AMOC delivers to survive.
    Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
  • 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
  • After a horrendous first half of this season as a starter, Maeda moved to the bullpen and was reasonably effective.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • No one is safe here, but Sara can look up to the skies and occasionally see a white bird that represents a kind of peace no one can feel during this horrendous time.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024

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