Examples of 'awful' in a sentence

Meaning of "awful"

Awful, as an adjective, can mean extremely bad or unpleasant. It can also be used to express emphasis or intensify the negative quality of something
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  • Very bad.
  • Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
  • Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  • Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.

How to use "awful" in a sentence

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I make people feel awful about themselves.
Awful generous of everyone pitching in like this.
That says an awful lot right there.
Awful lot of chocolate for one man.
She told me of her awful behavior to you.
Awful lot of trouble for one girl.
You gotta be awful careful in our racket.
Awful brave talk for a dead man.
Finn has an awful time keeping secrets.
Awful lot of men to haul three crates.
You are taking awful advantage of a pretty dress.
They keep putting up these awful signs.
It will be awful cold out there without it.
You have made this day awful.
I do seem to recall an awful lot of loose doorknobs.

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That awful woman pranced around my lab.
You guys got an awful lot to learn.
How awful this drug testing of students.
Sometimes you have an awful way of being right.
I did an awful lot of rambling around this afternoon.
This is gonna fall awful hard on her.
Those awful women have got to you.
You have got an awful black eye.
What an awful thing to make your believer do.
I have always felt awful about that.
I feel awful for wasting your time.
I have said some really awful shit.
Must have been awful being connected to that thing.
And shake off the awful chains.
And that awful tie he wears with it.
You have been taking an awful lot of notes.
Something awful had happened at the ball.
Susy found her mother in awful circumstances.
It must be awful starting over with nothing.
I know this must be awful for you.
And that awful noise they made.
I am just guessing since you are being awful quiet.
She does look an awful lot like shannon.
Gets awful dark in these woods at night.
You really have awful table manners.
Jake just said he saw something awful.
You do an awful lot for this guy.
Another example of just plain awful parenting.
You sound awful confident about that.
It was seeing him in this awful plastic bag.
You were awful tough with that sailor.
So you should know that smell awful.
I still have an awful lot of secrets in my head.
And this girl of his is awful pretty.
I wish that awful thing would stop.

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