Sentence examples for could be dreadful from inspiring English sources

If the two sides fight, the consequences could be dreadful.

It could be dreadful; it could be limited.

The force of gratitude could be dreadful with the gift of an organ, when no thanks seemed adequate and reciprocation was impossible.

It could be great or it could be dreadful, and there are certain things worth knowing in advance.

Maris was at best an inconsistent interviewee and could be dreadful even when he tried because not only did he not want to talk about himself, but also he could never figure out what reporters or readers would find important.

"We fear the crops will be late, and the consequences could be dreadful," said UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Anne-Sophie Le Dain.

Death is a passage, a fact of which the individual does have an experience, a mysterious experience not subject to either direct or referred empirical knowledge, which could also be dreadful and scary, and which is foreseen to have a tremendous impact on whoever has experience of it.

It's hard to imagine that the news out of Iraq could be more dreadful.

I quote to her from a 2005 interview: "The first thing I write post-Harry could be absolutely dreadful and, you know, people will buy it.

WHAT could be more dreadful than spending a crisp fall Sunday afternoon wandering through Central Park hand-in-hand with your beloved?

It's not hard to see why the enforced tranquillity of a Caribbean vacation could be a dreadful bore for a workaholic but bliss for a couch potato; temperament, as well as talent, have to match the activity or there is trouble in paradise.