Sentence examples for dreadful delay from inspiring English sources

There is a dark side to air travel, which is, of course, the dreaded and dreadful delay.

"It's dreadful that the European Union caved in to German automaker pressure to delay a sound environmental and oil-saving protection standard," Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, said in a telephone interview.

McNamara's replacement could be a known dove or known hawk, as that would precipitate a dreadful row in the Senate which might deny confirmation or cause a long delay.

He pointed to the dreadful time 20 years ago when a single senator from Ohio caused an 87-day delay on "a fairly noncontroversial nominee" for secretary of education.

If you want to avoid that dreadful feeling that washes over you when it's announced that your flight is delayed, canceled or otherwise disturbed, then you probably should avoid the most unreliable flight in the world.

Dreadful effort.

"Perfectly dreadful.

How dreadful".