Sentence examples for dreadful period from inspiring English sources

Congress is passing through a dreadful period.

I have many stories to tell about that dreadful period.

There was a dreadful period of adjustment, but 'I was prudent.

Ciaran was the right age to experience that, before the whole thing fell apart and you got the long, long dreadful period of the Troubles".

This has been a dreadful period and there have been times where you can feel almost guilty for any forward thinking.

Walken has more experience of pre-fame life than many of his peers – he was 35 when he made The Deer Hunter, his breakthrough role, prior to which he had never made more than $11,000 a year from acting, including one dreadful period when he was out of work for two straight years.

Despite dreadful periods, such as the 1970s, it has suffered nothing as monumental as Mao or Stalin.

The Everton manager, who looks gaunt and shattered after a dreadful festive period, conceded: "We are still in a very bad run and need to turn it around.

After a dreadful opening period with only a couple of chances, Bebe's cross looped in off George Elokobi 10 minutes into the second half, only for the Wolverhampton defender to equalise just before the hour mark.

A couple of days in, I decide to face the dreadful healing period on my own and let her go.

It happened again Thursday night in Staples Center, where the Lakers built an 11-point second quarter lead over one of the worst teams in the NBA, only to blow it in a dreadful third period that led to a 101-89 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the Lakers' 14th loss in 16 games this month.