Sentence examples for be terribly good at from inspiring English sources

Sadly, the state doesn't seem to be terribly good at picking likely staff.

"They ended up not being terribly good at either," Mr. Harrison added.

Some people have a real gift for being gay, and are terribly good at it.

He was terribly good at playing enigmatic, clearly angst-ridden and suffering, edgy and sexy too.

"I'm terribly good at believing things, but I'm really good at believing things when I need them," he said.

Being prime minister is a very difficult job, and Mr Brown has not been terribly good at it, especially the parts of it that tend to win elections.

First of all, the job requires him to read most of his lines, something that he's never been terribly good at.

On an intimate personal level, Mr Estleman movingly conveys the brutalising effects of killing for the law, even when you are terribly good at it.

I may have been a bad boy – this is his line – but you've got to admit I was terribly good at being wicked.

It makes sense to have the final in Monte Carlo, the gambling capital of Europe, and visiting Americans are always impressed by the elegance of the city, although if the feeling's mutual, the Monégasques are terribly good at hiding it.

And it seems as though Hilary Mantel is terribly good at that – and is funny and scary and engaging, and really does present a late medieval world and a shady main character whom otherwise we might not have got to know very well with wit and verve.