How to Use terrific in a Sentence

terrific

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• They did a terrific job painting the house.
• I had a terrific time.
• We were hit by a terrific snowstorm last week.
• Your test scores were terrific.
• She's given me some terrific ideas.
• I've recovered completely. In fact, I feel terrific.
• Some of them were terrific, like Mandy, but some of them didn't work.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• The terrific work the L.A. Times has done this year to bring climate issues to the forefront.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Yang may be the MVP in this ensemble, though the cast is terrific across the board.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 May 2022
• Miller is terrific and funny in a trio of comedic cabaret songs.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2022
• To shoot 3-under par as a team on that course is terrific.
  — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2022
• The house has been a terrific asset to have in the last several years, and that's the main reason.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
• Crosby missed the start of the season because of wrist surgery and Covid-19, but has been terrific since.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• But a terrific camp in San Jose might alter those plans a bit.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024
• Maryland was terrific at home this season and not very good on the road.
  — Noah Trister, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Dinner at a Zeru A terrific start to any weekend evening is a meal at Zeru.
  — Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• The beefy smash burger is terrific, but a lot of places do good burgers.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• Jordan Luplow raced back but couldn’t make what would have been a terrific play in front of the wall.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
• Goth is a terrific badass, and West’s camera loves her.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 2 July 2024
• The recipe works at this Mission joint, where the vibe—along with dishes like rib eye slicked with a five-spice glaze—is terrific.
  — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2023
• The Rams have been terrific against the run, but rank 24th in dropback success rate, so the pass defense has shown some cracks.
  — Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• The Cougars were terrific on defense against the Bears and have one of the more overlooked quarterbacks in the country in Jaren Hall.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022
• Vildor made a terrific play to break up Davis Mills’ pass to Brandin Cooks in the end zone on second-and-goal from the 7 late in the first quarter.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• In the meantime, here are 25 terrific things to do in L.A. before summer ends.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• These were terrific films, and there was no need for Morgen to go back over that terrain.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 May 2022
• Tom Brady is terrific, but Father Time has to catch up to him sometime, right?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2022
• Summer’s terrific, too, but not enough people avail themselves of the wonder just to the south.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Jaden Bradley is back and doing great, and Justin Olson is just terrific.
  — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2024
• And Love’s terrific play, of late, should give the Packers tremendous optimism heading into their enormous game at Detroit Thursday.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
• Draymond Green, who has been terrific this season defensively, constantly mucked up the paint with rotations.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024