How to Use horrendous in a Sentence

horrendous

adjective
  • Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
  • Fame can be so horrendous, but there are parts of it that rock.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Lots of people want to go out but not in those horrendous seas.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • There are three more years left on this horrendous agreement.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There's a whole bunch of things that happened that were just horrendous.
    — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Galvin called the crime cold-blooded and horrendous.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The run defense has looked horrendous for the second week in a row.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • New York has won two straight and three of four after a horrendous start.
    — Tom Withers, courant.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • New York has won two straight and three of four after a horrendous start.
    — Tom Withers, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Think of how horrendous the food and drug stocks really have been.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 June 2025
  • And that kept him alive for 53 years, in spite of a horrendous diet.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Despite the horrendous vibes in the galley, the evening goes well.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
  • First and foremost, the shootings are tragedies and are horrendous.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2017
  • The detail of it is horrendous, which nobody knows.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Dropping four straight and being horrendous on both ends of the floor is the problem.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • That may no longer be the case after the horrendous start to the season that he's put on display.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
  • Even without the roadwork, traffic in and out of these canyons can be horrendous.
    — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • All her family and friends are gone, in the most horrendous fashion, some killed by her hand.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2021
  • But her latest act is horrendous and cannot be supported.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There were people crying in the streets, and the panic was horrendous.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The initial look at the Cavs’ new starting group was horrendous.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Under any circumstances that is a horrendous tragedy, but the video shows that there’s more to this.
    — al, 21 Apr. 2021
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Like, my cooking is horrendous.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The usage of sleeping tablets is horrendous.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The Reds have been scratching their way back from their horrendous start for 10 ½ weeks now.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2018

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