Sentence examples for a awful from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(2)

a disagreeable

a wretched

The phrase "a awful" is not correct in written English.
The correct form is "an awful" because "awful" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "It was an awful experience that I would never want to repeat."
Alternatives: "a terrible" or "a dreadful".

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I felt like it was a awful good place a put behind me.

The New Yorker

Schalke midfielder Johannes Geis had hit Hahn right on the knee with a awful challenge.

The Guardian - Sport

1. Ensure that charities and campaign groups cannot ever again be gagged The Lobbying Act 2014 is a awful piece of legislation.

The Guardian

"There's still a awful lot of meat on the bones at Countrywide, and Ken is getting it at a great price," said Tom Brown, a hedge fund manager and longtime critic of Bank of America.

The New York Times

The building might have been fine for the 60s and 70s but for the modern world it leaves a awful lot to be desired".

BBC

Q: What are we doing right to get to 350 right now? McKibben: We've got a awful lot of the technology that we need.

Science Magazine

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"What an awful word".

The New York Times

"What an awful journey!

Independent

What an awful foul!

The New York Times

It was an awful thing".

The New Yorker

I learnt an awful lot".

Independent

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