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Example sentences for: awful

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Semi-serious (or intelligently funny, like Galaxy Quest ) movies around the Christmas break is at least a better cultural tradition than the one in Britain, where Christmases are rated by whether the BBC had a good slate of specials and whose awful record made the Christmas No 1 list.
There's this really awful experience that some teachers know--not great teachers, but ordinary teachers, or at least teachers who have not taught well.
Katz-equals-Paine is an awful stretch, but his book invites the comparison.
A profile of Susan McDougal says she's manipulative and awful beneath her sweet front.
How awful can a job be?