How to use "dreadful" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "dreadful" in popular movie and book plots

  • Orphaned and illegitimate, Jamie Sommers grows up believing he has "no hope of heaven", that he is doomed to a dreadful existence.  - Hawkes Harbor
  • (Milton Davis, Jr) love to sneak into baseball games of the hopelessly dreadful California Angels.  - Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)
  • Ilse's father, dr Burnley, ignores Ilse most of the time because of a dreadful secret concerning Ilse's mother.  - Emily of New Moon
  • Vittorio, however, escapes such a dreadful ending because of a vampire's intervention.  - Vittorio the Vampire
  • So she contacts Carlos’ youngest son Alejandro Larios (Alejandro Camacho) in order to give him the dreadful news and return the wallet.  - Cuna de lobos
  • That night they weather a dreadful autumn storm with the help the two demigods, Poor Old Ammet and Libby Beer.  - Drowned Ammet
  • The marriage proved to be a dreadful mistake as her husband gloried in making her miserable, and their baby was stillborn.  - The Mysterious Mr Quin
  • He returns to the dreadful mound, where Quiverclaw and Prince Fencewalker, whom he had met at the court, come to the rescue.  - Tailchaser's Song
  • He bears a dreadful secret related to his transfer to Diadem.  - Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
  • Who would save the woodlanders from this dreadful regime.  - Mossflower
  • He immediately begs the reader not to finish the book, so as to avoid meeting this dreadful scary monster.  - The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover
  • George has increasingly become upset with his dreadful father and his work, and secretly wishes to be with his mother more than anything.  - SilverFin
  • Afterwards is a chain of dreadful occurrences.  - The Vicar of Wakefield
  • In The Left Hand of Darkness, Genly Ai comes from Earth and remembers the 'Age of the Enemy' as something dreadful but now past.  - City of Illusions
  • Under his threats and the dreadful fear of failure, she labours on with it, making herself mentally and physically ill.  - Hatter's Castle
  • However, when he begs despairingly not to be sent away with "that dreadful man", a kindly old magistrate refuses to sign the indentures.  - Oliver Twist

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