Sentence examples for frightful to from inspiring English sources

The hardships they endure are frightful to contemplate, as are the things they eat, some of which are still wriggling.

"The waters beyond" the Strait of Gibraltar, Winchester writes, "were simply too fantastic and frightful to even think of braving".

"It's been absolutely frightful to see the divide between regular folks and the richest-of-the-rich.

Not only does Mr. Romney know when to speak, saying, "The term 'Ponzi scheme,' I think, is over the top and unnecessary and frightful to many people".

"I would have been very frightful to think of what condition he would have been in had he not been sedated at the time".

They can do something, of course, and they do, but it is frightful to watch that only a few can survive the day to day while dozens of human lives are ruined.

Wordsworth seems to have been almost embarrassed to have produced something so self-absorbed, writing to Richard Sharp in 1804: "It seems a frightful deal to say about oneself …" Nevertheless, he continued to revise the poem throughout his life, and a very different version of The Prelude was published posthumously in 1850.

Equal parts Chicken Little and Cassandra, the mythological oracle who saw doom ahead but couldn't get anyone to believe her, Walker trots out frightful numbers to make his case.

As for Americans, the guide notes, they are glued to their personal devices and want to eat as early as 6 p.m. — a frightful thought to a typical Parisien.

Cycle Ops Sport 300PT Indoor Cycle (Saris Cycling Group) Staying in top cycling shape means spinning year round, and one way to stay in the saddle when the weather outside is frightful is to hit an indoor training bike.

—Rep Phil Gingrey (R - Georgia), in a letter to the director of the Centers for Disease Control The reality: EBOLA: Ebola is a frightful virus, to be sure – an easy shorthand for a terrifying, exotic threat.