Examples of horrendous in a Sentence
Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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The major averages had another positive session yesterday, but there was horrendous leadership.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
So, yeah, the humanitarian cost is horrendous.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Until the 1950s, its inmates were Vietnamese revolutionaries – or anyone deemed to be such – and conditions were truly horrendous.
—Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
While Sturm sat Lohrei for the next power play after a similar situation in the loss to Toronto, and could have reasonably benched him after that horrendous sequence, Sturm did put him back on the ice.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
So, yeah, the humanitarian cost is horrendous.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Until the 1950s, its inmates were Vietnamese revolutionaries – or anyone deemed to be such – and conditions were truly horrendous.
—Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
While Sturm sat Lohrei for the next power play after a similar situation in the loss to Toronto, and could have reasonably benched him after that horrendous sequence, Sturm did put him back on the ice.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrendous. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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