Sentence examples for the terrible of from inspiring English sources

The most spectacular achievement of Báthory's reign was a series of military victories (1579 81) over Ivan the Terrible of Russia.

The first time was 23 years ago, when he was accused of being "Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka," one of the Holocaust's most infamous sadists.

One reason that an Israeli court wrongly convicted John Demjanjuk of having been Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka was that authorities in the United States and Israel ignored exculpatory evidence and refused to share relevant information with the defense.

1528 Russia 1583 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky, (born 1528, Russia died 1583, Poland-Lithuania), Russian military commander who was a close associate and adviser to Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible of Russia during the 1540s and '50s.

It was a favourite of Kings Henry I, Henry II, John, and Richard I of England, of Philip II and Alfonso X (the Wise) of Spain, and of Ivan IV (the Terrible) of Russia.

The trouble was, as one wag quipped at the time, "If he was not Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka he was almost certainly Ivan the Very Bad of Sobibor".

By reminding us of the terrible inevitability of death, of course.

They're reaping the negative dividend of the terrible stewardship of Hicks and Gillett".

The increase in autism is just one of the terrible results of that neglect.

By contrast, we are reminded this month of the terrible price of bad police work.

That's because of the terrible influence of high school physics.