Sentence examples for turn dreadful from inspiring English sources

Lighthearted moments suddenly turn dreadful; episodes of raw emotion are sealed with a jabbing punch line.

This prison was much better than the other branches, but after a few months the treatment turned dreadful.

But the woman sang so tunefully as to turn the dreadful rubbish into an almost pleasant sound.

The world's biggest airline, American Airlines, turned in dreadful punctuality figures of 49%, 52%and62%2% at LaGuardia, Newark and JFK in the first three months of this year.

He spent much of the 1920s turning out dreadful potboilers with titles like Orgies Bourgeoises and Baisers Mortels (Deadly Kisses): he wrote for the long-defunct Paris-Flirt, slept with the jazz singer Josephine Baker, toured France in a canal boat and, in 1929, invented the character that would make his name: Inspector Maigret.

Typically, when street art, graffiti or whatever label we would like to attach to the defiant genre is removed from its original setting, it turns out dreadful.

Kilmarnock were denied the celebration of their first ever League Cup by a dreadful turn of events.

Sister Sophia gathered up the cat and fixed them each in turn with a dreadful wounded stare.

But that's a mid-series comedic highlight before This is England 2983 makes its characteristically dreadful turn.

But that's a mid-series comedic highlight before This Is England 2035 takes its characteristically dreadful turn.

So instead of relishing a solid outing from Brown and another blue-collar effort from Hideki Matsui, the Yankees allowed the portion of the game that they dominate to turn into a dreadful experience.