Sentence examples for dreadful phenomenon from inspiring English sources

He told the Observer that he wrote it years before the Kardashians, Spice Girls and others "with no talent" sought fame and money, but his predictions of "that dreadful phenomenon" of shows such as Big Brother, The Jerry Springer Show and The X Factor – through which people become famous for being famous – have now been realised.

To Father Kleinsorge, an Occidental, the silence in the grove by the river, where hundreds of gruesomely wounded suffered together, was one of the most dreadful and awesome phenomena of his whole experience.

Here he got a closer look at "all the phenomena of that dreadful scene", and eventually acknowledged the urgency of a rescue mission – only to be choked by fumes on the beach.

"Folk horror postulates, celebrates, and explores all the distinctly seamy, dreadful, and macabre elements of the folk phenomenon," explained John Revill, a folk horror fan who was introduced to the subgenre while studying film history at Manchester University in England.

For a country that has not entirely shaken a reputation, now undeserved, for dreadful food, the cluster of stars in Ludlow is a phenomenon worth exploring.

Dreadful effort.

"Perfectly dreadful.

How dreadful".

Just dreadful!

Dreadful shot.

Dreadful creature!