Sentence examples for dreadful ways from inspiring English sources

An astute and balanced performance by a great synthesizer of history, packing into 906 pages the age in which humanity gained immense control over its own destiny, for better or worse, and used much of its new power in dreadful ways.

What a dreadful way to lose! Poor, poor Laura Bassett.

"League tables are, however, a dreadful way of measuring success.

England striker turned Match of the Day host Gary Lineker tweeted: "What a dreadful way to lose! Poor, poor Laura Bassett.

MOSCOW — The international deadlock over Syria has, in a dreadful way, provided balm for old grievances in this city.

"He laughs at me in such a dreadful way sometimes, until I am crying & trembling with terror".

Already I was heartbroken; here was a gentleman who was crying for help and enduring a dreadful way of life – one he certainly didn't sign up for.

Most of America's politicians seem to agree that this is a dreadful way to manage investment in infrastructure, since it makes long-term planning and contracting all but impossible.

Painful now but a legacy of new fans and more girls inspired to play"         England striker turned Match of the Day host Gary Lineker tweeted: "What a dreadful way to lose! Poor, poor Laura Bassett.

This material is more familiar, in a dreadful way — the ineffably vicious recruiting films, the beheadings and other threats, the looting of ancient artifacts, with the intent of destroying the cultural heritage of a people and then the people themselves.

And something extremely rare that kills in a particularly dreadful way, like a shark attack, evokes more fear than something far more common that kills in a less gruesome manner, like a heart attack.