"dreadful" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It makes the country strong to hold and difficult to travel, but full of prodigious wild and dreadful prospects.
- For me, there is only the dreadful prospect of a loveless, hopeless life as a cog in the government's gigantic executive machine.
- Next to that dreadful prospect, the thought that Hesmucet might gain some extra preferment didn't look so bad.
- Losing power, utterly and completely, is the most dreadful prospect that a politician can think of.
- Fire also raises the dreadful prospect of inhaling smoke, thus offering a two-for-one bonus to professional fear-mongers.
- To cause him to avoid the dreadful prospect.
- Is that so dreadful a prospect?
- Kitty turned pale with terror at the dreadful prospect which those words presented.
- He studied her features for a moment then said, "Ah, the dreadful prospect of the marriage bed.
- Here, nationwide food shortages, combined with old-fashioned institutional cooking, made the cafeteria meals a dreadful prospect.
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