Sentence examples for dreadful pupil from inspiring English sources

His memoir tells how an illness when he was six years old turned him into a "cancre' - a dreadful pupil - and how three teachers of maths, history and philosophy rescued his academic career.

"After months of confusion and mismanagement, they mark the dismal culmination of a dreadful year for primary pupils and their teachers.

Inner-city schools in New Jersey–in Newark, Jersey City, Camden and elsewhere typically spend $15,000 per pupil, but performances are dreadful and dropout rates sky-high.

"Most pupils appeared to enjoy the activity, but the sound was dreadful".

I have grave concerns about some of the pupils with whom I have had dealings, as have my colleagues, but there is no one to whom a teacher or a pupil can turn, within the present framework, to express these concerns in order to ensure that the dreadful action which took place in April will not be repeated.

Dreadful effort.

"Perfectly dreadful.

Dreadful creature!

"Awful, dreadful.

Dreadful giggler.

How dreadful".