Sentence examples for a terror of a from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a terror of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something that is extremely difficult, challenging, or fearsome, often in a somewhat humorous or exaggerated way.
Example: "My new boss is a terror of a manager, always pushing us to meet tight deadlines."
Alternatives: "a nightmare of a" or "a beast of a".

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Her problem pooch was Kiwi, a terror of a Yorkshire terrier.

We've had our comedy, we've seen how it can feed into terror, and now we move from external terror to a terror of a different kind: the ones that affect the heart.

Expertly exploiting and hilariously exploding one of society's worst fears - a terror of a father-in-law - Greg Focker Ben Stillerr) is the put-upon good guy, messing up in every epic way possible as he nervously tries to please his girlfriend's insane ex-CIA agent father, Jack Robert DeNiroo).

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A terror of excess?

It was a terror of the mind; a daily exercise in self-mutilation.

But the Yeats he had achieved had both a terror of, and a commitment to, political conviction.

She is evidently proud of her work, particularly on Marnie as a frigid kleptomaniac with a terror of thunderstorms – not an easy part for a relatively inexperienced actress.

The collective noun is a terror of tyrannosaurs: a pack of the prehistoric predators, moving and hunting in numbers, for prey that faced the fight of its life.

LaBute's play is partly a portrait of a serial quitter with a terror of emotional commitment.

Their father's tyranny arouses in them contradictory needs to escape him and please him, a terror of his violence and a yearning for it.

She is self-evidently very proud of her work on The Birds and (particularly) on Marnie, where her character was a frigid kleptomaniac with a terror of thunderstorms – not an easy part for a relatively inexperienced actress.

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