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But before the title even flashes on screen, we are granted the disturbingly detailed view of a bullet ripping through the face of a young boy.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Apparently, disturbingly short.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Regardless of the potential upside, new product launches still experience alarmingly high rates of failure, with research suggesting failure rates closer to 40%.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Animals are going extinct at an alarmingly fast rate, largely due to human activity.—
Darian Woods,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Here, the Canadian auteur began to rewrite, or define altogether, body horror, and Shivers finds him at his most disgustingly wacky.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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While the game retains the signature cel-shaded, colorful art style, the developers at Gearbox have promised a less annoyingly comedic tone.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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There is, of course, a difference here, that being the fact that Netflix has annoyingly split season 2 of Wednesday into two parts, with the second airing on September 3, a month after the first.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Chargers swept the Broncos last year, and Jim Harbaugh’s squad looks awfully good through two weeks.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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Much of the mainstream baseball media is awfully excited about Grisham’s emergence this season, and believe that the Yankees should bestow big dollars and years upon him.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Even raid racers are not terribly excited about that, and apparently even like the previous World’s First team is even going to bother with it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Set in his native Scotland and lovingly photographed, the film tantalizes even without a terribly original story.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Unsettlingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsettlingly. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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