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Discover LudwigThe phrase "awful ground" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, condition, or location that is unpleasant, unstable, or undesirable.
Example: "The hikers had to turn back because the trail led them to awful ground, making it too dangerous to continue."
Alternatives: "terrible terrain" or "poor ground".
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It is no trite ambition, seeing such good horses venture onto such awful ground, to ask only that the likes of Long Run and Finian's Rainbow complete their comebacks tomorrow in one piece.
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But there is an awful lot of ground to make up.
While I will of course recuse myself from all election coverage, there's still an awful lot of ground that I can till in this interim role".
That's conceding an awful lot of ground, but within the narrow confines in which Bruni had to operate as a correspondent and has chosen to operate as an author — minute observation of the public Bush — he does a very good job.
In the deceptively loose, ad-lib style of a showbiz veteran, Mr. James covered an awful lot of ground -- from uproarious childhood misadventures with a homemade go-cart to reflections on romantic love, Australian history, World War II and Saddam Hussein -- and the disparate themes were united less by a definable style or point of view than by a curious brand of charisma.
Artist Farrokh Bulsara covered an awful lot of ground in the 45 years that he was with us.
After all, there have always been many real-life, high-profile trials -- such as the recent prosecutions of the men who invoked Florida's awful "Stand Your Ground" law to try to justify their killings of unarmed black teens.
When asked how the label defines itself, Father is emphatic: "Awful has its grounds in hip-hop but it's an alternative label.
While Hollywood at that time ground out awful and foolish films for the most part, Broadway was a more cultivated venue.
"He got an awful slap on the ground.
She said: "We share an awful lot of common ground with the SNP.
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