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Example sentences for "terrible thing"

  • But really, Lance, it was a terrible thing to do.

  • Yes, it's a terrible thing"--Wantele was now speaking to Lingard.

  • Something impelled him to add, "But a terrible thing when it comes to one so young, so beautiful, as was your wife!

  • I am is a terrible thing; it must undermine parental influence and break every family tie.

  • Yet it was a terrible thing to stand before the majesty of the Great Great One, and deliberately deceive him--a terrible thing!

  • O would I were free as the wind on wing; Love is a terrible thing!

  • Mrs Dwyer says you have temperament, and that it is a terrible thing.

  • It's a terrible thing for a father to say, I know, but I'd feel easier about her if she was married to some good man who could hold her.

  • What a terrible thing it is," she said, "that we are never satisfied!

  • It's a terrible thing to think of, a human being brought up like that, in a country of law and order and releegion.

  • Oh, God, that must have been a terrible thing, to be so near the edge of another world that you could hear a cock crowing there.

  • It would be a terrible thing to have on your conscience.

  • And it's a terrible thing to me," went on Samuel.

  • Think what a terrible thing it would be for St. Matthew's!

  • My boy," said the doctor, "this is a terrible thing for me.

  • It is a terrible thing that he has done; but it is also terrible to think of what he will have to face.

  • You must never do such a thing as that, Margarita," he said, "that was a terrible thing to do.

  • What a terrible thing, and how fortunate they were!

  • It was a terrible thing that he did to me," replied Margarita composedly.

  • It is a terrible thing to study at close quarters, because it is so pitifully English.

  • It is a terrible thing to be in "The Trades," that great Doomsday Book of Calcutta, in whose pages are written the names of doubtful clients.

  • It is a terrible thing to be left alone with an unshackled elephant, even though she be a venerable spinster.

  • I know that it is a terrible thing to say that any one approved of this.

  • I know that it sounds a terrible thing to say in these days, but I don't believe she is.

  • Landing in England after spending the summer in Ontario, it seemed a terrible thing to see people openly drinking on an English train.

  • But it is a terrible thing to go to bed early by Act of Parliament.

  • It is a terrible thing, the next day after a night of drinking.

  • It was a terrible thing in those days when an alii died.

  • It was a terrible thing in the old days when a great alii died.

  • What a terrible thing it is to suddenly receive the news that little Basile is vomiting, or that Lise has a cramp in the stomach!

  • And a terrible thing is music in general.

  • A terrible thing is that sonata, especially the presto!

  • It is a terrible thing, is a wreck on this coast; some poor vessel is sure to be dashed against the cruel cliffs in a storm, and then there are orphans and widows to mourn her loss.

  • Illustration: "'It is a terrible thing, is a wreck on this coast.

  • It's a terrible thing to see her shrink from me.

  • It's a terrible thing not to be able to count on people you love, but it's worse not to be able to count on yourself.

  • It must be a terrible thing to love and feel one's self unloved.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "terrible thing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certain times; certainly not; country house; dark forest; drop them; each carrying; generally restricted; ground rice; largest country; melted state; more powerful; peace establishment; projective geometry; seven seas; show you; slight laugh; terrible blow; terrible fire; terrible fright; terrible mistake; terrible noise; terrible state; terrible storm; terrible thing; various periods; warm place