The wait in the dining area was a terrible period.

The 1960's and 70's were in some ways a terrible period for poets.

It was a terrible period, and many people did not survive.

It was a very terrible period for our family.

They had put themselves behind with a terrible second period, when Buffalo scored 4 times on 11 shots.

I had a terrible period of anxiety about being successful.

For some families, this can be a terrible period.

We had a terrible first period and followed that with an equally bad second.

"I was in a terrible period of my career," Oribe said.

A terrible period, that's the only way to describe it.