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Using 'very awful' in written English is correct and can be used to describe something that is exceptionally bad or unpleasant. For example, you could write, "The storm last night was very awful—several homes were destroyed."
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"I had a very awful childhood".
It put me in a very awful position".
And she feels "very awful" if you've been alarmed.
"Was the date very awful?" asked Toad, with a gleam in his eye.
October 28 , 1965** Dearest Elizabeth: The Randall business is very awful.
"I knew what I wanted, which is very awful," she admitted.
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If that happens, somebody needs to express the voice of reason and say that these are terrible people who did very terrible, awful things.
The Sister Tooey character is very awful-looking and bizarre.
But after his very bad, really awful week, can he be dropped from the ticket at this point?
She hated school: first a "very strict and really awful" Christian school and then an exclusive and "very Hollywood" secondary school called Crossroads, which tried to expel her.
Sometimes really awful but sometimes very kind.
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