AWFULLY in a Sentence

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237 example sentences for AWFULLY, such as:

1. But the room was awfully stuffy.
2. I've had a really awful haircut.
3. And you are awfully unjust, Basil.
4. She still has an awful lot to learn.
5. It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

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 Meanings and Examples of AWFULLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
awfully
 ad.  used as intensifiers
 ad.  in a terrible manner
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He must be awfully old, for his face is all gnarled and twisted like the bark of a tree.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  But the room was awfully stuffy.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  He was awfully fond of music and sang a little.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In EVELINE
4  Thanks awfully, old chap," said Ignatius Gallaher, "I'm sorry we didn't meet earlier.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
5  At first I was astonished, but very soon I became awfully curious to see what he would find out from me.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
6  It is awfully hard work doing nothing.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In FIRST ACT
7  I am awfully sorry that I have made you waste an evening, Harry.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
8  But I am awfully obliged to you for all that you have said to me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
9  And you are awfully unjust, Basil.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
10  'It's awfully nice of you to think of me,' he said laconically.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  'Connie's looking awfully unwell,' she said in her soft voice, fixing him with her beautiful, glowering grey eyes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  I mean it would be awfully nice to have a child running about the house, and feel one was building up a future for it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  Men were awfully kind to Constance Reid or to Lady Chatterley; but not to her womb they weren't kind.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  But I'm awfully sorry about it, and I do hope you are not minding very much.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
15  I'm awfully unhappy for your sake: but do try to take it quietly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
2  The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.
3  The curtains in the photo are an awful fifties maroon, the color of dried blood.
4  We didn't enjoy the day because the weather was so awful.
5  I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
6  The awful truth about his disappearance finally dawned on her.
7  He has the most awful taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.
8  She still has an awful lot to learn.
9  The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
10  I can't put up with this awful machine any longer.
11  The old machine used to make an awful racket.
12  He dressed them down for the awful performance.
13  I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful.
14  We were faced with the awful reality of having nowhere to live.
15  I've had a really awful haircut.