Sentence examples for downright disaster from inspiring English sources
But tonight's show is ponderous, telegraphed, unsurprising, badly written, poorly hosted and if it weren't for Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who pretended she couldn't read the prompter when she was presenting an award with John Hamm earlier, could be classed a downright disaster.
We received a flotilla of splendid seafood picks, all beautifully cooked, along with two downright disasters.
As a comedian, Andi Smith knows firsthand that some jokes soar and some jokes flop -- and some are downright disasters.
So what gives with New Yorkers, who are downright blasé about pipe disasters on the streets where they live, work and play?
It's downright arrogant of them to die in disasters without worrying first.
This goes beyond astonishing to downright obscene, especially in the midst of a year which has seen more natural disasters than anyone could have predicted.
Schwed was downright dismissive.
He's downright... unexceptional.
It's downright vandalistic.
