How to Use terribly in a Sentence

terribly

adverb

• The noise of the cicadas throbbed terribly in the trees.
  — Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
• Lucky for them, the trees in Thames Street Park aren’t terribly tall.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023
• This is terribly tragic for the ecosystem and the world.
  — Trisha Mukherjee, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2024
• Chiles was given the right score, and thus has been terribly wronged.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• Democrats in the Senate and House do not seem to be doing terribly though.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 July 2024
• But the store doesn’t look terribly different from the 1970s.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
• While some of you may not agree with my strict notions, so far none of the above is terribly confusing.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
• The rest of the forum went pretty terribly for Walters.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
• Michelle’s daughters are off-limits to the press, given this crew is terribly afraid of Barack.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
• But in spite of all the pain and strife, and the terribly unequal status of life for African Americans in the past, please know that the work is still not finished.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
• She was brought in with another cat and was terribly shy.
  — The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
• Things are about to become terribly bland, to the point of tedium, in the interview process.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2020
• None of these villains appears to have been terribly bright.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• Stick cannot play in The League, although he’s been terribly restricted by a lack of outside skill.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
• Not that young women alive in 2023 are terribly bothered about it.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• But his interview with the Vikings went terribly wrong.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Deep poverty on terribly low wages — a dollar or two a day — and debt bondage that leaves miners in a state close to slavery.
  — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• DuBois, who had postpartum OCD, had been terribly alone with her first child.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• In terms of weight, the suit wasn’t terribly lighter than what Farrell wore when naked in Episode 1, the key difference just being the detail work required of the skin.
  — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
• Mathew suffered so terribly as his book revealed to the world.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
• But few in the classic ska world were prepared for Hepcat’s singer Greg Lee to die of a brain aneurysm and cardiac arrest at the terribly young age of 53 on March 19.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• If there weren’t any more car chases, something would be terribly wrong.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• Some were in bed, like Cox’s mom, who had woken up earlier with a start and the feeling that something was terribly wrong.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• Mack’s parents may have taught him to stay close to the nest, but that’s terribly impractical in winter.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The possible problem is that most of us in this area may not be terribly affected.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
• As soon as the fireworks display began, things went terribly wrong.
  — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• While there could be some brief patchy fog this morning, it’s not expected to be terribly thick or widespread.
  — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Yield levels were more or less average in the 2000s, but the stock market performed terribly.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
• But there is something terribly wrong with a friend who brings an uninvited guest, especially one who openly criticizes the host and the food.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
• The trauma is ascribed to the violation of the tender feelings of those terribly frightened by Trump’s victory, and nowhere is the concern more salient than in higher education.
  — Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024