Sentence examples for rather horrendous from inspiring English sources

A great idea on paper but on actual tech, a rather horrendous one.

Mr. Ashcroft said the records were essential to the department's courtroom defense of a new law banning what he called "the rather horrendous practice of partial-birth abortions".

When Attorney General John Ashcroft refers to "the rather horrendous practice of partial-birth abortions" ("Ashcroft Defends Subpoenas," news article, Feb. 13), I wonder if he has considered the alternatives.

The images of the salad might look rather horrendous (cabbage! green olives! optional mayonnaise!), but thanks to a third place prize in a cooking contest with Fannie Farmer as the judge, the recipe gathered staying power for decades.

I said to Joyce: "I would rather get a horrendous review than give up.

So I am writing because I think people should see both sides rather than this horrendous picture the media are attempting to paint.

"If I had known that the boat journey would be so horrendous, I would rather have just died in Myanmar [Burma]," she sobbed.

The Paxman analysis of the three parties' horrendous lack of appeal is brief and rather crude, but it does have the ring of an accurate reading.

Tim Roth's performance looks oddly wan, languid and disengaged – rather like his performance as Prince Rainier in the recent, horrendous biopic Grace Of Monaco.

Unfortunately, the horrendous acts are not just limited to a partner, but rather can transcend to the children, as evidenced by Josh Powell and Susan Smith.

Lashings of adultery, domestic violence, horrendous business acumen and more cocaine see the brothers butt heads and rather predictably fall out.