- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
- a dreadful storm.
- a fearful howling.
- a nasty accident.
- a nasty shock.
- a nasty smell.
- a nasty trick to pull.
- a painful performance.
- a terrible curse.
- abominable workmanship.
- an awful risk.
- an awful voice.
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room.
- atrocious taste.
- awed by the silence.
- awful worshippers with bowed heads.
- dire news.
- dreadful manners.
- horrendous explosions shook the city.
- I'm awful sorry.
- in a frightful hurry.
- in a nasty mood.
- New York is an amazing city.
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
- spent a frightful amount of money.
- terrible handwriting.
- terribly interesting.
- the awesome complexity of the universe.
- the awful war.
- the dread presence of the headmaster.
- the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight.
- this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
- Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent.
- Will he say nasty things at my funeral?.