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Recent Examples of horribly
When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 May 2026
When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith’s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to go on the run together.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 May 2026
This district has been horribly gerrymandered because there is no law in place to prevent it.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Journalists will suffer horribly – and screenwriters.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026
That is the way that money is generated on a tour, because the overhead of touring is just horribly expensive.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
And then, in traditional theme park story style, something goes horribly wrong.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Their date goes horribly wrong.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
Edwards cannot say it, but the end of this campaign cannot come soon enough, bringing with it the chance to clear out much of this season’s horribly imbalanced squad and replace it with a new group of players more in his own image.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 May 2026
When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith’s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to go on the run together.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 May 2026
This district has been horribly gerrymandered because there is no law in place to prevent it.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Journalists will suffer horribly – and screenwriters.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026
That is the way that money is generated on a tour, because the overhead of touring is just horribly expensive.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
And then, in traditional theme park story style, something goes horribly wrong.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Their date goes horribly wrong.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
Edwards cannot say it, but the end of this campaign cannot come soon enough, bringing with it the chance to clear out much of this season’s horribly imbalanced squad and replace it with a new group of players more in his own image.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribly
Adverb
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Second, the only games the Spurs have lost in this series are when either Wemby has played terribly or gotten thrown out of the game.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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But even doing very little can still go terribly wrong.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Mercedes might have looked awfully dominant in Australia, China, and Japan, but as of now, the season looks like a four-way fight.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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All four Southern California teams came awfully close to advancing to the second round of the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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Through indefatigable research, Kara fixes poorly remembered facts and makes a decent case that the publicity galvanized the movement to abolish British slavery a half century later.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Just avoid natural stone materials like marble, which can react poorly to many cleaning products.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Baran and others at RAND were working on national security issues, including what to do about its disastrously fragile communications system.—
Laura Isensee,
Scientific American,
18 May 2026
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The 42-year-old Dos Santos' first MMA bout since 2024 ended disastrously when Despaigne caught him with a three-punch combo that left Dos Santos senseless on the canvas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Adverb
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Olivia Simon, United States, 2025, WORLD PREMIERE Trapped alone in a haunted room, a paranormal researcher’s experiment goes horrifically wrong.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Friendships fraying, puberty unevenly invading our bodies in ways both private and horrifically public.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate.—
Rachel Canter,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Horribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribly. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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