Sentence examples for a dreadful basis from inspiring English sources

It was a dreadful basis for a marriage: he slept with the many attractive women who wanted him, and she slept with Clark Gable, an affair that continued, on and off, for decades.

A dreadful controversy indeed!

It's a dreadful, dreadful thing".

It is a dreadful, dreadful meal.

It was a dreadful, dreadful blow.

A dreadful thought occurs.

A dreadful end.

A dreadful miss.

A dreadful man".

A dreadful silence.

A dreadful record, indeed.