Sentence examples for downright ghastly from inspiring English sources

Minnesota had merely lost to Denver at home, but the Knicks had been downright ghastly in Toronto.

Last year's bleak season turned downright ghastly on Dec. 1, when linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend and then drove to the Chiefs' training complex and shot himself in front of the team's coach and general manager.

Plaintiffs contend that Van Wagoner resisted marking down his private equity hold-ings because doing so would force him to reduce the fund's net asset value, turning his already ugly 2000 numbers downright ghastly.

Ghastly, dear.

Ghastly values, ghastly people.

Ghastly stench.

Downright unAmerican?

How ghastly.