Sentence examples for dreadful occurrence from inspiring English sources

The news of the dreadful occurrence quickly spread over the Metropolis, and in an incredibly short space of time all the thoroughfares leading to the station became so crowded that Superintendent Loxton required the assistance of 150 men of the Metropolitan police force to keep the way open for the ordinary traffic.

Stopping to catch her breath, she leaned on a tree and told me that, about six years before he absconded with the bank's money, Octave Harp had gone into disasters — that is, stamps and covers, or envelopes, that had survived the dreadful occurrences that test or destroy us.

Dreadful effort.

"Perfectly dreadful.

How dreadful".

Just dreadful!

Dreadful shot.

Dreadful creature!

"Awful, dreadful.

Dreadful giggler.

It was dreadful, absolutely dreadful.