DREADFULLY in a Sentence
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244 example sentences for DREADFULLY, such as:
1. How dreadfully sad that must be.
2. Yes, so dreadfully afraid of it.
3. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.
4. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
5. It's a dreadfully unjust world, said Meg bitterly.
2. Yes, so dreadfully afraid of it.
3. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.
4. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
5. It's a dreadfully unjust world, said Meg bitterly.
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Meanings and Examples of DREADFULLY
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dreadfully
ad. in a dreadful manner
ad. of a dreadful kind
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully," began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her.
2 I wanted it dreadfully, and wished I was her with all my might.
3 It's a dreadfully unjust world, said Meg bitterly.
4 She put it away, but it haunted her, not delightfully as a new dress should, but dreadfully like the ghost of a folly that was not easily laid.
5 John, dear, I'm ashamed to show you my book, for I've really been dreadfully extravagant lately.
6 It must have been dreadfully hard, after working so long and setting your heart on selling your own pretty things.
7 The Vaughns hope to meet us in Rome next winter, and I shall be dreadfully disappointed if they don't, for Grace and I are great friends, and the boys very nice fellows, especially Fred.
8 It was dreadfully improper, I know, but I couldn't resist the temptation, and lifting one end of the curtain before the glass door, I peeped in.
9 Now she seemed to have on the Professor's mental or moral spectacles also, for the faults of these poor stories glared at her dreadfully and filled her with dismay.
10 How dreadfully sad that must be.
11 But during the first year he over-worked himself dreadfully.
12 I may tell you that there is something that is called, in business, quarterly interest, and another thing called payment in installments, and it is always so dreadfully difficult to manage them.
13 Yes, so dreadfully afraid of it.
14 But now I am quite alone in the world--my life is so dreadfully empty and I feel so forsaken.
15 Miss Bennet paused a little, and then replied, "Surely there can be no occasion for exposing him so dreadfully."
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 They all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak.
2 "If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."
3 "It's the first position in dancing." Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject.
4 The version of the play that I saw had been dreadfully bowdlerized.
5 I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.
6 No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
7 There is no royal road to science,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits.
8 I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
9 We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.
10 I dread to think what will happen if they get elected.
11 Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.
12 While the seamen, pointing fingers, shrink in dread, and cry, 'Turn back!”
13 The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy, but in reality that result was caused rather more by his worshipful awe of his unknown idol and the dread pleasure that lay in his high good fortune.
14 Consent, then, to his demand is possible: but for one item -- one dreadful item.
15 'No, no! The adventures first,' said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: 'explanations take such a dreadful time.'