“People do stupid things sometimes. And every once in a while, something terrible happens because of it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I know all about that fine and terrible ordering, how it variously casts you as the golden child, the slave-son or daughter, the venerable father, the long-dead god. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time there was terrible bitterness between the Mitnagdim, the opponents of Hasidism, and the followers of the Besht. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then came long, terrible empty pauses when nothing happened at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was leaping and hopping among the grass tussocks, striking at the two rabbits with terrible darts of its head. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need Abeoji! Sunjin is in terrible trouble! The soldiers took him and his mother to prison. They said they were Communist collaborators!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The next morning they would set foot to the great and terrible Elmuthaleth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By the time they finished, the terrible lumps on Felicia’s head had disappeared, and her skin was as smooth as the pink lining of a conch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reported that at that time, only terrible conclusions could be reached because there was no sign of the sisters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself away, limping as fast as she could, and the terrible fury of the man came after her, thrashing and beating with his stick, and the frenzied laughter-like agony filled the air again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His voice was full of dread, which made me feel terrible. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The territory where that thought led was still too terrible to consider. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember what we were speaking of earlier, of how bloody, terrible things are sometimes the most beautiful?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Engineering? I don't think so. Your marks in maths and science are terrible, Ma. You're eighteen now. My marriage was already fixed by then." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His breath went away, like the ball—a terrible stillness pervaded him—and then, at the onset of panic, his breath came back again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wanted to end the ordeal—and then that terrible No had issued from his mouth. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All that stuff she said about your dad, though,” he says, “makes me kind of hate her. I can’t imagine what good can come of saying such terrible things.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their aunt was saying terrible things when they needed blessing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the back of her head as she’s walking, I still feel my heart pull toward her silence, still feel like I’ve lost something terrible, something so sad I want to weep. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And it was because of this terrible wanting that she was able to believe in Roscuro's plan with every ounce of her heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A terrible thought came to Pollard: There is no way out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had done a terrible thing, coming to this man’s home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The terrible nausea she had known as a child came galloping back, and it was relentless. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had a filthy towel tied under his jaw as if he suffered from toothache and even by their new world standards he smelled terrible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

From behind the closed door, there came a terrible noise. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And what a terrible peculiar sight she was! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a terrible second, Sierra had no idea what was happening. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I'm quite sure they all thought, as I did, that the terrible white-hot sparks were about to start flying again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I just can’t help feeling that the truth is going to be terrible. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon after, a terrible smell came from the judge's residence. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It sounds terrible to say it, but I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them, if they have cheap suitcases with them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Other than losing Mary Eleanor as an infant, nothing terrible had happened to the Darwin family. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early years of this punishment, the water—which could be icy cold in winter—was released all at once upon the naked inmate, delivering a terrible shock. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved that anxiety, that terrible and oppressive anxiety which he experienced during the game of dice, during the suspense of high stakes. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My feet they are terrible today. Did you get the Epsom salts?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The memory of that sharp-toothed smile in the water, hearing that terrible voice echoing from the pond, made my stomach twist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could understand most of what he was saying: he was cursing Edward in terrible language, profanity I will not write down here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what that would look like, what it would mean, or what it would do to Hibiscus, but somehow she knew that it was a terrible thing that was about to happen. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Even after I’ve been so terrible to you, you still want to live in the same building as me?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Love is a terrible thing and its loss is even worse. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If I told Lucinda how terrible it is, would she lift the spell, do you think?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt terrible about not returning his texts, but I couldn’t bear any more pity. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like most parents, Nok's were terrible at keeping secrets from their children. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She had a terrible headache around her left temple. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

To me, the wooden houses seemed like shells of wood which terrible monsters had spun about themselves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trod on Africa without a thought, straight from our family’s divinely inspired beginning to our terrible end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all began to make a terrible kind of sense. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He relaxed and smiled, the way one would after averting a terrible danger. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told my mother I had a terrible headache, and went to bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For three days, villagers from across the district feasted on the meat of the terrible beast that had taken so many lives. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? Because I know terrible parents, and you’re one of them!” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The next week, on my birthday, there was a terrible typhoon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

How good it felt—warm, cozy, and comforting—after all he had been through this terrible afternoon. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There are terrible witches in every coven,” said Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The announcer reported a terrible traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Was it really so terrible to be a wild girl? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a terrible scream: “Jews, look! Look at the fire! Look at the flames!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dothraki hooves had tom the earth and trampled the rye and lentils into the ground, while arakhs and arrows had sown a terrible new crop and watered it with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Still, it was terrible walking to school when it was wet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the paper I stated that even though it looked terrible, it tasted fantastic! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The terrible truth of their helplessness is almost too much to bear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My initial reaction to the terrible pain was to move. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now Lauren was crying in that terrible way she always did, but Maya was already turning on her heel and running upstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The boys that watched fled, and Jasper bent down to the ground hiding his eyes from the terrible light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In rehearsals, I stumble over the words and talk in a high, nervous voice with terrible pronunciation. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible storm came around the first of February, bringing with it downed power lines, stranded motorists, and, for me, a bout of hallucinations. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not even the terrible man who was still somewhere over there, perhaps at this very moment on his way out of town, as spooked by the sight of me as I’d been by him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My suspicions in this matter were terrible to consider. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Then why is it so terrible out there?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I suffer something wicked from my feet, and my bladder’s jest terrible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The current that rushed through me was terrible and electric. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luna told them the story of a town that was under the control of a terrible Witch, who held them prisoner under a cloud of sorrow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was terrible to be alone without my parents, not knowing where Tsalig and Hershel were, or even if they were still alive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

From that moment, my mother became convinced that something terrible had happened to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s terrible when a man kills a child.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

And he sought to distinguish what Reggie had done—the act of texting and driving—from other negligent behaviors with terrible consequences. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And when, to seem interested, I said How terrible, where? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a terrible foreboding, Timothy. I want to pray.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Roosevelt’s death was a terrible thing, he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I realize what a terrible loss it would be to our family if his story was never recorded. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Confined to his bed since a terrible carriage accident the week before, Seward drifted in and out of consciousness. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She had a terrible attitude,” the old woman said with a sniff when Richard asked what had happened to her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sure, he had made a monster out of me by spreading rumors and just being his terrible self. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My rejection hurts her, and I feel terrible for it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was afraid if I moved something terrible would happen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But you are the only white man I have ever encountered who realizes this terrible need of my people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And that, to me, is the terrible seduction of Dionysiac ritual. Hard for us to imagine. That fire of pure being.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s amazing,” I gushed, but it would have been a terrible lie to say I didn’t feel a pang of jealousy in how much progress she had made. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was sure that Griffith had made some terrible mistake in his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was terrible, waiting to know what would happen. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was a terrible cook, an even more limited housekeeper. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Something terrible was going to happen, either to me or to somebody I was close to. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had the courage to admit that a terrible wrong had been done to our country and people through the imposition of the system of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That’s ... that’s terrible. God. I’m sorry. Poor you. I’ll have a talk with him first thing in the morning. Or maybe with his mother. Yes, that would be better, I think.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, with the terrible luck of such toys, I lost one drumstick. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Of...of course. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that...I was forcing myself. God. I’m doing a terrible job at this. I want to explain. I...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t tell her that he’d been up all night, or that he couldn’t stop himself from imagining all the terrible things that might happen to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say it was terrible,” said Ruby. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She looks terrible, her face covered in bruises and scratches. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We had meatloaf last week, and it was terrible then.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A tiny gear turned in Magdalys’s heart, the only ray of light she could find in this terrible night: She would head south as soon as she could, find Montez. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Carmen had only one memory of that terrible day—dim and hazy like a dream. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s too terrible to think, too terrible to say,” I said between gasps and more wailing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrible darkness sweeping up behind to devour her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The god answered him, but his words were terrible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, because my geography was pretty terrible. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One minute with Terrance and the cause of the terrible atmosphere was evident. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible scar across the top of his skull. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems like every week there is some kind of terrible racist incident happening in this country. What did your mom and dad say?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The tense effort to keep out of his consciousness the terrible sight of Bessie and the drone of the voices would not allow him to move a single muscle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Against my better judgment, despite the fact that he is terrible, Cardan is also fun. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Solomon was a terrible artist, but she always encouraged us to draw. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My dog’s breathing grew faster and faster, and there was a terrible rattling in his throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at a hall in town, a place that usually showcased local bands, so the acoustics were terrible for unamplified classical. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day, when I came home from school, I heard a terrible groaning coming from the bedroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could be, but the depression voice is thinking terrible things. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He never forgot the grandiose, terrible sight of that tiny child entering the world, coated with all her bloody membranes, between the shrieks of her mother and the cries of the women bustling around her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been terrible cold, then more crawling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Strange and terrible enough to distract even Martin from the games he was playing with my head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe if the girls were terrible enough, Ms. Udell would be so relieved that George was good that she wouldn’t care that George wasn’t a girl. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And despite the terrible circumstances in which they first flew to war, under Valentin’s command the regiment grew proud and united. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She’d told us that she had a terrible cold, but she hardly needed to tell us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had seen into the dark doorway that he kept hidden inside, the terrible place he would seal up now and never return to if he could help it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What crime would call for such terrible action? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“My goodness, Hazel,” said Blackberry, “did you really want to silflay? This is terrible! I was just going to eat whatever it is they have and then go to sleep. What’s the idea?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You had a plan," Park said, "and it was terrible." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not look at these things as good or bad, exciting, rational or terrible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were wailing and acting as if something terrible was happening to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Camilla, her face bright in the sun, and thought of that line from the Iliad I love so much, about Pallas Athene and the terrible eyes shining. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have done terrible things... betrayed my own, turned my cloak, ordered the death of men who trusted me ... but I am no kinslayer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Later, after knowing him a few more years, Bridge would decide that one of her favorite things about Sherm was that he was a terrible liar. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry took it into his hands as though it was a living thing that had suffered a terrible injury. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All that mattered in the world was that he kept watching the veela, because if they stopped dancing, terrible things would happen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, ‘ ‘What has been done to the black is a terrible thing.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment Eddard Stark was filled with a terrible sense of foreboding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A man on the dole must be ready in case another man on the dole brings up Hitler or Mussolini or the terrible state of the Chinese millions. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Daedalus ... even though he’d done some terrible things and put everybody I cared about at risk, it still seemed like a pretty horrible way to die. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The terrible pain assured me that I couldn’t. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us walk unseeing through the world, unaware alike of its beauties, its wonders, and the strange and sometimes terrible intensity of the lives that are being lived about us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I live with a terrible ogre that eats up little redheaded girls in one gulp.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ours was terrible. Maybe like eight colleges showed up.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A terrible anger consumes me, virulent as a sickness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There he seized Proteus and did not let him go, in spite of the terrible forms he assumed, until the god was discouraged and returned to his own shape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s an emu-raffe, which is a bit like a donkey and a giraffe put together, only with fewer legs and a peevish temper. She’s a terrible sore loser at cards,” he added in a whisper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she looked meaningfully at the window over by the sink, like Dracula’s electric eyes might be staring in, out of his terrible fanged face. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We don't know, and isn't that the great and terrible thing about it? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

These were questions with one terrible answer, which her grandmother refused to give. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was terrible at the game, but it looked like he was having fun. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mina is now sleeping like a little child; it is a wonderful thing that her faculty of sleep remains to her in the midst of her terrible trouble. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible face, its mouth twisted, its eyes flaring and full of hate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m terrible sorry, Elijah, but a ball done started rolling downhill what ain’t gunn be stopped. We both going to Michigan.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There had been a terrible storm in Europe that entire week, he told me, and it had hurt the invasion, but it was over now, thank God. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The scientists, although they happened to call them magicians at the time, invented almost as terrible things as we have invented—except that we have become accustomed to theirs by use. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a terrible thing, it’s a pitiful thing, but it’s war. The sooner we make one great swoop, the sooner the sufferin’ is over fer all of us—South as well as North.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a terrible thing when neighbors can’t look at each other without kind of wondering! In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment they separated, Koffi felt a terrible vacuum, a void. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If he went away alone now, something terrible would happen to Hooper, and it would be his fault. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But how could I do that now, with this terrible thing happening to Zach? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran could hear them whispering to each other in soft stone voices terrible to hear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We got the whole thing on video. I wish I could email it to my friends at the FBI, but the Wi-Fi down here is terrible. Cell service, too. There is none.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in Washington, news of the terrible crash was spreading. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But it isn’t true—I didn’t trust him to love me despite the terrible things I had done. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker’s silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I want to cry because something terrible happened, and I saw it, and I could not see a way to mend it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Away from the other, more terrible thing that haunted her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, she is the only one left to manage the terrible, beautiful present. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For it is a long tale, full of deeds great and terrible, and briefly though Elrond spoke, the sun rode up the sky, and the morning was passing ere he ceased. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cole knew these words guaranteed him a terrible beating the next time he was alone, but still he taunted his father with a smirk. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s terrible,” I say carefully, “what the Nazis are doing.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Ivan has a terrible memory. He’s the opposite of an elephant.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

DUMBLEDORE: You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Most important, it was my fault that my skin was brown and Momma's wasn't and that she had the terrible misfortune to love me anyway. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Every time something terrible happens to you from then on, it doesn’t just stop at the bottom—it goes all the way down.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In wild frustration he took a deep breath and, in spite of his terrible fears, he looked back down toward the dark water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If not, she has terrible nightmares and screams, “Help, help!” and wakes up Zeide. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Like the horse?” said Matt as a terrible thought occurred to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The punishment for a repeat offense was something so terrible, Sam wouldn’t or couldn’t talk about it when she finally returned to our cabin two days later. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And she moved, therefore, through their small community like a woman mysteriously visited by God, like a terrible example of humility, or like a holy fool. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors, he says, lose cases all the time around childhood abuse, around issues where it is hard for people to acknowledge the reality of the terrible things people can do to one another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Of course not, Sheriff. Jane is terrible with a rifle. I was thinking more along the lines of the sickle, a weapon designed specifically for the close-combat techniques of an Attendant.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I know! You’ve got stage fright. I know all about stage fright. My uncle Bill says my dad has terrible stage fright and that’s why he lets other people get rich performing his songs.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“She is a terrible person. The only hope we have is to try to talk to the authorities. But we will do that. You go home now.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We’d need other people to do the same thing for us if we were ever in that kind of terrible situation. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He himself was rather awestricken by what had occurred,” remembered Gold, “greatly concerned by the terrible destruction which the weapon had wrought.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, people who say honesty is the best policy are just terrible liars. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face must look terrible, because Dad sits next to me and says, “What’s wrong?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His limbs were shaking, a terrible stitch was beginning in his side, and the sweat that kept dropping into his eyes blinded them and made them smart. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could see that some terrible danger lay ahead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like it at all, and although I know this is terrible, I begin to wish I never came here with water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just then, the eagle flew over and split the air in half with his terrible screech. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Saffron Hill. And a terrible place it was. Made us work all the day, never got enough food. Mr. Bumble — the headmaster — used to beat us.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A terrible defeat, but not quite a complete one, for the left wing of the Army of the Cumberland had held firm under the command of a general named George Thomas. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Saw it all, I did. Saw what happened to those poor kids. Saw what he did and what they did and all the terrible fings that happened after that." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It must have been terrible, Agnes. But Sir Lancelot was too proud not to give the advantage.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the terrible facts of a violation, but it remained everyone’s secret, shared in whispers among shifting groups that broke away self-importantly to new business. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible struggle to reach him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were not nearly as terrible as they looked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It was terrible. All of the things we couldn’t share. The room was filled with conversations we weren’t having.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that my rank is terrible. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All at once I began to smash things—benches, tables, hanging beds—a rage as meaningless and terrible as everything else. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a terrible moment there was no response, and I could feel any hope of recovering them slipping away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow the real basilisk was even more terrible. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And terrible punishments were promised him, such as being locked up in the cellar with the rats for a week, if he even so much as dared to climb over the fence. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His visage would be more frightening than that, cold and black and too terrible for any man to gaze upon and live. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tried joining in, to forget about my terrible, awful, absurd idea, but when I sang, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” my voice splintered in my throat and came out a garbled, high-pitched mess. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"My lords, it seems to me that if the rest of her kin were to remain loyal in this terrible time, that would go a long way toward laying our fears to rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“There was silence then—this terrible silence—and she stood up and smiled at me. She said—very soft now—she said, ‘You are my djinni. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Give him a penance! Make him ask for forgiveness for those terrible things he said about God!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. At least the smoke from the campfire keeps mosquitoes away, so I stayed in front of it all night. The tent is crowded, too, so outside is the better of the terrible choices.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Now I just knew something terrible was going to happen to it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One death, to save thousands of people from a terrible fate? And cut the compound’s power off at the knees, so to speak? Is it even a question?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The old people gave me the fifteen beads, which I was to use if I got into terrible danger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he leaned all the way forward and gave a terrible knowing smile. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But she paid a price for it, and a terrible one at that.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dad puts his hand on Pop’s shoulder and Pop lets out a terrible sigh. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it was terrible. Just terrible,” I add hastily, turning back to Uncle Al. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere Nick developed a terrible limp. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered an open field of lemongrass, a starry night sky, and a beast, larger and more terrible than any creature she’d looked after in the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was the terrible sense of comprehension she’d felt when Baba’s eyes had closed on that cot so many years ago, when she’d realized he hadn’t gone to sleep but to someplace much farther away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When you had to face terrible odds, whatever form they came in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It had been a terrible time, these past four months, and we wanted to get away from the city. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He looks over at his best friend, who has tried his best not to cry, and sees that even he seems to be buying into these terrible theatrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Starry manages to stick to "Auntie" when she addresses this terrible woman, but she's always worried that the Harm's going to slip out. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I stepped inside, it felt like the past few months had been a terrible nightmare. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We use humor to cope with this terrible, terrible world.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I recall one story my mother told us about a traveler who was approached by an old woman with terrible cataracts on her eyes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ankle sang a terrible song like my toothache had sunk to my foot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Every day we learn about the terrible violence in our world—the fighting and the wars. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even he knew that Zimbabwe was in terrible shape, but the people who lived in Chisamba Singles witnessed it every day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But today I’m not mad, I’m serious: “Something awful and terrible happened in there, David, and if you ever tell anyone, even your ma and dad, may Jesus make you blind.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camp conditions were so terrible that prisoners were given one cup of soup a day, and this was really only flavored water. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just before I woke up, I had a terrible dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he wanted to murder himself for doing something so terrible to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In a moment her mouth is moving feverishly, like a terrible furnace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible battle followed, but the Lapithae conquered and finally drove the whole race of Centaurs out of the country, Theseus helping them to the end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his hand he holds a machete—blade bitten from who knows what terrible deeds—which gleams with the light of the stars. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how terrible I was at basketball and about how Lucas Cader seemed quite used to ignoring that and continued playing with me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If Pizarro had been amazed by the size of Tawantinsuyu after the terrible epidemic and war, how many people had been living there to begin with? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she went on: 'But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate occasions - when you think to yourself: "What a terrible mistake I've made with my life." The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

My breathing came back to me and I said, “I’m terrible sorry, sir. I waren’t expecting no one to be out here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And this has happened here, in our only home, and the terrible truth is that we cannot will ourselves to an escape on our own. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The doctors thought that Thunder had some kind of terrible blood disease. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She remembered the green smudge and the creature, whatever it was, with its terrible fin, rising above her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had been in a terrible mood the last few days because he was not sure where we would work now that the grape season was almost over. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He is seven feet tall and warty, has terrible breath, and a penchant for hanging out under bridges. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He seemed about to say something more, something Julius sensed would have terrible import for him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She even understands—more terrible, no doubt, than all the rest—old Hrothgar’s knowledge that peace must be searched through ordeal upon ordeal, with no final prospect but failure. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One lie in all these years, that’s not such a terrible average when you consider it saved our lives.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had never seen her look so terrible. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now she hung her head as if she were a terrible failure. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If the colonists actually followed the rules of the Molasses Act, it would have terrible consequences. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Into my mind came a wonderful and terrible picture of great forested mountains, shaken by a giant hand that scooped them up, finally, and flung them into the boiling sea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the fact that deep down he’s a terrible person, he listens to the worst music—nineties heavy metal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are terrible thoughts about loud storms, louder alarms, lightning hitting trees, Frank being gone, Daniel yelling...And one more thought that bullies past the others. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was a lot of things, terrible things, but I didn’t want to add murderer to that list. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On the other, no one else would expect her to discuss that terrible, terrible meeting with the muvuki. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all-important to speak at once, before anyone else came, but now a terrible fear had taken possession of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So when I said it was too late, that must have put a terrible thought in her head that her daughters might be dead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik’s parents had a terrible time getting him into the ring. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, ‘Supposing some terrible gang has abducted him? Oh, mercy, mercy, no!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many years before my time, a terrible cyclone had ripped its way through the mountains, leaving its scar in the form of fallen timber, twisted and snarled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing what happened to my father and the terrible words the people said, she had to make an impossible choice. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Boston was a terrible place, older and even dirtier and more crowded than Lowell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“For years, I felt terrible. I’d look at that outfit hanging on the wall of my Montana cabin.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slow, deliberate, purposeful, the cat came on—again the bear retreated, bewildered by the tactics of this terrible small animal, distraught by her cub’s whimpering, slowly falling back before the relentless inch-by-inch advance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was there in her dull, metal-gray eyes, a cold, terrible surety unlike anything a normal pretty could ever convey. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After seeing this film, I did a terrible thing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this year’s Day of the Dead, I’m staring at myself in a full-length mirror and trying not to think about the terrible graveyard celebrations of my childhood. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most terrible thing that had ever happened to him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said I was a terrible person.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Is there a terrible customer up there or something?” he asked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They’d come a day apart, she seemed familiar, he had a consuming urge to become a Runner despite learning so many terrible things. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was terrible for the night-life people, and for those hustlers whose main income had been the white man’s money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look good. The last time I seen you, you looked terrible, your head was busted in and—” “He is put together again,” said Lucius, “as I promised you he would be.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

But it’s even worse to think about Lolo charging at Abuela with that terrible look on his face. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then something terrible happened just as I got in the park. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now we learned that Hershel had indeed made it back to Narewka, only to be taken prisoner and murdered by the SS assassins on that terrible day in August. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m terrible at drawing. And my handwriting is like chicken scratch. Sometimes when I read notes I took during class, I can’t understand what I wrote. It’s bad.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then the voice that had spoken before gave another order in terrible Polish that might have been “pick her up” and “come with us.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Huddled in their half-built village that first terrible winter, the colonists rarely saw the area’s inhabitants, except for the occasional shower of copper- or claw-tipped arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This is a terrible idea,” I said as we began walking. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This has been one of the most terrible shocks of my life to me I hardly can believe it that it is true at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then Genie turned his eyes back to the stars and thought about how terrible it would be to never be able to see them again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But his body is a mess: his digestion is terrible, from poor nutrition; his teeth are getting worse by the day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was silence again, formal, terrible and calm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying too, and felt a gnawing emptiness, as though I had been scraped clean inside and there was nothing in me now but a terrible darkness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The person I hoped was playing and singing is not here today. Another person is playing who, I am sorry to say...” he whispered into her ear, “is very terrible.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We tried out for the Fall Fiesta talent show, but we didn’t get in because we were terrible.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The world was a terrible, cruel place, a dark pit jawing open to swallow me in perpetual despair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

For a terrible moment, I thought she was stumped. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It had three eyes, and the third eye was full of a terrible knowledge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look that naked, terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the thought of never being able to see Mama and Doc and even Jay again too was terrible. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The thought put a terrible ache in Logan’s body, but he thought it best to put on scorn. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It all seemed like a nightmare to her now, everything since Bran's fall, a terrible dream of blood and grief, but she had the pain in her hands to remind her that it was real. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I know it sounds strange, but a praying Dussel is a terrible sight to behold. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You do have a look, don’t you? And that hair. Like you've had a terrible shock. Who is your father?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She hungers for a violence of nature, terrible and permanent, to record the evil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To Thorn Laroux, I present the needle of never-ending mending! For overcoming your fears, and incredible bravery, in the face of terrible loss.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Being funny when you don’t mean to be is terrible. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t anyone’s. It just happened. This terrible thing happened to her. This terrible thing happened to us.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“The Choosing Ceremony was approaching, and your father was eager to leave Erudite because he saw something terrible—” “What? What did he see?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And Edward, Edward as he hunted, terrible and glorious as a young god, unstoppable. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your leg’s got terrible circulation, Nate. Not a lot of blood’s going to these toes.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He said nothing, but his movements spoke of some terrible suffering. It was most strange!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Grandmother put the phone in its cradle as a terrible frown settled on her face. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometime after lunch, she developed a terrible headache and started vomiting. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

However, Dad had a gimlet eye and a terrible swift sword. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

His rescue had happened just in time for him to save the Princess Pea from the terrible fate that the rat had planned for her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Vampires were terrible, desiccated women who entered the convent because they hated themselves and thought that by surrendering their lives to their redeemer, this self-hatred would turn to something good and palliative. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a single week of drills, Milton realized that he had made a terrible mistake joining the Navy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“If you laugh, can I use all the blood of your Christian children for terrible Jewish ceremonies? That’s what Red thinks Jews do.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Clarkson realized that every second of every day human lives were being destroyed and he was letting it happen, he changed the course of his life—risking everything to abolish this terrible practice. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

When my father would say, “You must feel terrible,” I denied it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

After that terrible peanut butter sandwich, I could actually use a breath mint. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

My grades weren’t terrible, but they were nothing to write home about. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sergio felt his heart constrict with a terrible rage, a blackness that clogged his ears, like being underwater. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The shadowy ghosts parted for her, scattering before the terrible aura of her shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was terrible; my intuition was right! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

George was heading back toward home when he heard a terrible sound, like a little girl screaming. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded so childish, though I had a suspicion that some terrible sentiments were being expressed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s taste is so terrible,” Mary Anne announced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called the animals together and told them that he had a terrible piece of news to impart. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

First had come the great wave, then Captain Ortega’s terrible unkindness, and now this dreadful blow: she must leave not only her family and town, but her country as well. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Then, one day, James’s mother and father went to London to do some shopping, and there a terrible thing happened. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t think of anything terrible that was to come. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“He was guilty of a terrible crime when he was young, and he could never forgive himself for it. He believed this last act would make up for everything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other cases the migrants have been driven to movement and seasonal work by poverty and terrible need. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the terrible pounding of her heart. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

For those people, who ate only pumpkins, this was a terrible thing to happen. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She waited for that terrible breeze, or to hear someone cry, or for it to become cold and damp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I know this seems terrible and I know how it hurts, but at one time or another, everyone suffers. Even the Good Lord suffered while He was here on earth.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I may be a terrible man,” Count Olaf said, “but I have been able to concoct a foolproof way of getting your fortune, which is more than you’ve been able to do.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

One of the most terrible noises in the world, a horse's scream, broke from Hwin's lips. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The old dog's feet had barely touched the ground before he sprang again for that terrible throat grip, springing as if the years had dropped away and he were back in his fighting prime. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baseball for me was just one of those weird and terrible things parents do for reasons you cannot fathom, like flu shots and church. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It must be terrible to be a slave!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were terrible moaning shrieks of trees falling above. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was afraid her mother might suddenly appear and curse her with some terrible affliction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I told Mom that maybe I had made a terrible mistake, but Mom said sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s hand was in terrible pain, and Isabelle’s foot felt like it was broken, but they tried desperately to keep the old man from destroying his drawings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's a terrible thing, to keep a war to yourself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was in a terrible state, for she found that she could neither take her eyes off him nor look at him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now it was wielding a large bright sword, an ancient weapon of terrible beauty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pleaded on the radio, and I knew something terrible was happening there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His head struck with a terrible crack, but Tendai was certain he was already dead before he reached the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the heaviness of the air with its terrible smell. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Which I thought was good, because I was worried that a teacher who was in charge of math club might only like math and nothing else, and that would be terrible. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I was going through all this, I tried to watch the game, but it was slow as all hell and Will’s team was terrible. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like you’ve done some terrible thing that has just put a dent in the perfect silver goblet that is his life. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even as she spoke, he appeared, terrible to behold, and threatened to crush the ship with rocks if they drew nearer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was good, because I was pretty much terrible at the game. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I passed through a terrible scourging when last at my father’s,” Stanton wrote in a letter to Anthony several months after the speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My body was writhing as if I were seized by a terrible pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One shadow was dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes flew open in the dark, his heart began to hammer, and he gave up on sleeping and lay in a state of terrible impatience for the rest of the night. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most terrible of all was the roar coming from the center of the earth, that hard-breathing giant that was heard at length, filling the air with fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially the library. Knowledge is powerful, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden. Today, knowledge is for everyone.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With the knights circling it, the dais is like a terrible stage, where all the players are doomed to run through their roles to the same bloody end. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had a powerful kind of ache inside him, half joy, half terrible sadness. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Maesters and septons alike agreed that children marked by greyscale could never be touched by the rarer mortal form of the affliction, nor by its terrible swift cousin, the grey plague. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the terrible solitude of the winter sea Ged stood and saw the thing he feared. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But then unexpectedly a flame of grievous and terrible yearning flares up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my mind when I wake up the following morning: how terrible I played in such a huge game. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Their stories are so terrible, so heartbreaking, that you want to run out of the library rather than have to listen to another word. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Now there were rumors: a terrible defeat, someone had blundered, two hundred thousand Rebs, the Eleventh Corps had deserted. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is warm; it smells terrible, rank and sour—I’ve barely left it since Thursday. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness—no sign of Gerald doing a terrible Romeo imitation on the sidewalk below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Down the side of the mountain, the terrible fight went on, down to the very bottom of the canyon. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible sense of fear filled her, and she heard a noise, a hideous crunching noise, accompanied by blinding pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the very least, think of the terrible places she could get splinters! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Is it terrible to admit I feel like dancing? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was honestly trying to save me from a terrible fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I've also represented people who have committed terrible crimes but nonetheless struggle to recover and to find redemption. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My eyes were drawn to his face, which bore a terrible, raw-looking scar that reached from his crown to his jaw. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What she had to say was terrible and afraid. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her sisters confirmation of her crime was terrible to hear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was terrible—standing outside in pajamas with a fever of 105. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Uncle Antonio told her of the deserts in Baja California, describing them as terrible places of heat, sand, and bare rocks, with no water to be found. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But homesickness would often strike them, spreading like a terrible fever; some wasted away out of sadness. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

You might even be able to track down your mother and kill her before she meets your father, preventing you from being born and causing a terrible paradox. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I will, the terrible Voice responded, if you also ask me to forgive Tenorio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given all that had happened, and all its terrible consequences, it was frivolous, she knew, but Briony took calm pleasure in delivering her clinching news. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As far as she was concerned, everything fitted; the terrible present fulfilled the recent past. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was how things felt now, two parts of a whole, cleaved into the time Before Ekon had betrayed her, and the terrible After. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Old Joe goes to stand by Older Joe, who is wearing a truly terrible purple wool hat and has cranberry sauce caught in his white beard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible misfortune, and for a moment Milligan seemed his old grim self. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This idea, consolatory in theory, I felt would be terrible if realised: with all my might I endeavoured to stifle it—I endeavoured to be firm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

News traveled as soldiers talked about the terrible things happening in Poland and elsewhere. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a terrible thing to take a person’s life,” Baby Kochamma said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both the Communists and the Nationalists wanted to make things better in China, he explained, but both did terrible things to people who opposed them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One could find few pictures of my sister Tiffany, but Melina had entire albums devoted to her terrible twos. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Wergins were distraught that something so terrible could happen to their son. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They all looked terrible, and were shocked that such a thing had brought them together. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be in terrible trouble if you tell on us,” she said in as pitiful a voice as she could manage. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had a terrible mishap with the apartment.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Last night turned out the most terrible storm we have had in Jackson Park,” Burnham wrote Margaret on Thursday. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Seamus says ’twas a terrible thing indeed and he wouldn’t want to be walking these halls in the dark with all the little green mouths gaping at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She lost her and in her terrible grief she withheld her gifts from the earth, which turned into a frozen desert. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jenny, it is a terrible thing to say, but it is true.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I finished the bed, thinking it looked surprisingly comfortable, a terrible black feeling came over me and I shuddered, aching at the sudden loneliness. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only terrible beings that even Monster Slayer was unable to kill were those that still attack us all. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some mushrooms and berries have poisons in them, and she made sure I knew exactly how terrible it would be to eat one of them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There could be terrible consequences for the students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the day’s picking lay before the slaves foremost and they stooped to their orders, enduring the dogs’ terrible noise and the visions of blood to come. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh...yes,” Sticky said, unconvincingly, “I was just, you know, feeling sorry for Kate. It must be terrible to think you weren’t wanted.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jealousy is a terrible thing, and I swallow the emotion down hard as I can. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“And the sky. You can’t even see the stars. They’ve polluted the sky. This is a terrible time to be a satyr.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But in the Key West tradition of nicknaming, everyone called him TooBad because he was terrible at marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of secret could be so big, so terrible that it scared a dead girl? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ernest had provided Mollie support during these terrible times, and they had recently had a third child, a girl whom they had named Anna. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Dust was in his nostrils, sharp and terrible, and the feet of the saints, shaking the floor beneath him, raised small clouds of dust that filmed his mouth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was, by all accounts, terrible at the job. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Worst of all was the terrible energy that rolled through the trapped body. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I know is one of my visitors, Mateo Nuflez, had just begun listening to the Sacred Rosary on his little radio when he heard the terrible crash. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to remember this for the next time I’m having a terrible week. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When it was our turn to talk to the Costellos, Mom expressed how sorry we all were about the terrible accident. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is a terrible story, a tragic story. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m terrible at sticking up for myself, but I can’t help but defend Dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That’s not to say I did terrible in high school—I got 93’s. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In panic he raised himself to his knees and tried to fling off and away his terrible fingers, but succeeded only in knocking the nurse into the next bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was blue, with white puffy clouds, but she would have been just as terrible and looked just as stupid on horseback in the sunshine as in the drizzle or the dark. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Leprosy is a terrible disease, Crow. It...deforms people. Ruins their bodies. Their skin. Turns their hands into claws.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The orange drips turned to red, like blood, and made terrible sizzling noises when they touched her skin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

For what they now saw, swirling and twisting directly over their heads, was an immense black cloud, a terrible, dangerous, thundery-looking thing that began to rumble and roar even as they were staring at it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right—the replacement Capricorn found for you makes a terrible hash of it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That must have been terrible. But we are not your enemies. If we can help you—” “Oh, such a sweet voice!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Blusher mushroom is a terrible way to die,” Oriana says, hand to her throat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For a terrible moment, the phantom hung in the air, a reverse shadow, long, dusty fingers reaching out toward Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She said the word weirdo like it was a terrible disease I didn’t want to catch. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I felt something terrible, but she was wasting her time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Brave men kill them, for dragon terrible evil beasts. It is known." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was an experience, abba. The way Danny had to answer his father’s questions like that in front of everybody. I thought that was terrible.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was not necessarily a secret, but the words were terrible and true and it hurt to say them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is hard to describe how loud and frightening and terrible such attacks are. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She half expected him to say, Yeah, but now tell me all the terrible parts. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And Pollux has tears running down his cheeks because no doubt my freaky song has dredged up some terrible incident in his life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The far door was held open for Lady Lola who folded herself in with a terrible agility. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His anger was a terrible thing when roused. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lyra was terrible and wise, and held a power just as great as his. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could hardly even bring myself to look at her, as though just talking about something so terrible might cause it to rub off on me and stain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What followed was a terrible, sickening blur of spite and outrage. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But as a person, I feel kind of terrible right now. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was something very dear and yet very terrible in his face. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think so? Don’t you think it’s terrible?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His people would never free a man with such terrible knowledge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She woke from terrible dreams and looked around the room blindly, crying for her mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel wrong ... like I did a terrible thing by betraying a boy who trusted me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“My husband and I had been having a terrible fight.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have even, at least for the moment, stopped hearing that terrible thud-splat inside my brain. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s going to be about this real mean criminal who has a terrible accident that turns him into a superhero.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible time to lose the confidence of the American public. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s terrible, and some of us might die. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Will was tall and lanky but had terrible posture, so to me he always looked like a question mark with floppy dirty-blond hair and thick eyebrows. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He groped forward, and then he saw a strange and terrible thing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My guess is that at first Blanca thought that what had happened was a terrible thing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The elders have seen it. I have seen it. If you do not succeed, a terrible war will follow. This talisman will provide aid when you need it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You are a terrible person!” she called after me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had feared some terrible scene of jealousy or recrimination. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was kind of glad that JP was the one who gave up those points, because everyone could see how terrible he felt about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Or do you think the demoness might have been some Tang woman who did something so terrible in a former life that she was reborn here as a white demoness?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take my hand!” shouted a terrible voice from behind one of the closed doors. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or should they just sit tight and let this terrible thing happen the way terrible things had been happening now ever since the 1848 war, trusting that, like Amarante Cordova, they could somehow, miraculously, survive? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lou and Marcy are united in their belief that what happened in their marriage took a terrible toll on their son. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I figured if she could find joy during those terrible times, I could give her one good thing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The wooden clogs I wore were terrible for crossing icy patches and clomping through snowdrifts, but I was still better off than those who had lost their shoes, or never had any to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the terrible image of a still, dangling shape . Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiting room is painted some terrible color that needs two words to describe it: off-white, burnt ivory, eggshell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I know you feel guilty about what happened, and we were pretty terrible to you. I admit that,” Elena says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Many were sick or had gotten injured during their long, terrible journeys to reach the camp; the few medical volunteers could not care for everyone who needed help. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a terrible desire boiling up within him, a fire impossible to quench, a thirst for Clara that would never, even on the longest and most passionate nights, be satisfied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night, perhaps, my brother here on this bed will change form, melt, shift, and become another thing, a terrible thing, a Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that wandering wore them out something terrible, though. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a terrible truth, and it didn’t even seem all that personal. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After this, most committee members simply went back to their old occupations, happy to give up the positions of power they had held during the terrible time of death and sickness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Of all the terrible deeds laid to his account the worst was done in Thebes, his mother’s city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It was indeed a crime most terrible—in the eyes of the king and the queen mother." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I have memories, of course, of all kinds of escapes. People fleeing from terrible things throughout history. But every situation is individual. There is no memory of one like this.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That means you’re the terrible dragon! You’re the one that destroyed the king’s father’s palace. What a lot of trouble you caused!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at him with a terrible mixture of envy and frustration. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thyon looked terrible—though, admittedly, his “terrible” was still a cut above how most people could ever hope to look. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Like suddenly I’m this terrible person who hurts her dad on purpose, and I don’t even know why. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dirty, cement floor, wires and pipes, and terrible lighting, but at least I couldn’t see the cobwebs or ghosts who’d probably been hanging around since Lincoln was president. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her husband had taken no other wife, even after her terrible accident and the loss of their two youngest children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had indeed brought light back to the city, but at a terrible cost. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Don’t leave me here on this terrible world, I’ve got to get away; there’s going to be an atom war! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But that’s no good, either! It’s terrible! How can I keep from giving you all away? He knows we’re friends, he knows I was cheating, and he’ll just put two and two together....” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible game I played, trying to break my curse, seeing how long I could last against the need to do what I had been told. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But, yes—Gale was once a disagreeable human witch. She had terrible personal hygiene, plus extreme—ah, digestive issues.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Is this your parents’ fire?” he asked with a terrible delight in his voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A terrible brightness shone in Adam’s eyes and he closed them and kept them closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is the worst idea in the long and storied history of terrible ideas, right on up there with Julius Caesar marching up to the Roman Senate when he knew everyone wanted him dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The cause of all the misfortunes was held to be an ancestor, a King of Lydia named Tantalus, who brought upon himself a most terrible punishment by a most wicked deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family fled to a vacant lot a block away where they spent the night watching the fire’s terrible march. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s terrible not ¡only for him, but for us as well, since he’s been supplying us with potatoes, butter and jam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you shouldn’t know about it. At least for now. It’s terrible when grown men kill a child.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t I just been and finished telling you? Are you slow-witted? I’m so sorry for you. It’s terrible to be dull and stupid. What’s your name?” she went on. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel watched as the beautiful, terrible thing fell into the water. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had thought of his father and the terrible look of defeat when he had listened on the phone the other night and finally placed the receiver on the table, giving up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I a terrible person? she asked Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Never,” the Fire Department reported, “was so terrible a tragedy witnessed by such a sea of agonized faces.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Without the terrible service and business practices, of course.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a long time Selitos said, “I have heard terrible rumors concerning your wife.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At age twenty-six, Virchow wrote passionately that terrible social conditions in an impoverished part of Germany called Upper Silesia were the cause of a malaria and dysentery epidemic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She meant, “What a terrible place! I don’t want to live there at all!” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible moment—and doubly terrible for me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Not a proper physician, but he sees sick folk and prescribes medicines. All the real doctors are down on Water Street. It’s been a terrible day there. They say bodies are piling up like firewood.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not terrible because of how much of a loser I was, but terrible because it dawned on me exactly why I was so sweaty and my voice wasn’t working.“Are you okay, Ryan Dean?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He starts singing and he’s just got a terrible voice, like an albino Jamaican frog, but we chime in as best we can with our voices and whatever instruments we ended up with. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could feel it—something terrible was about to happen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as though it’s terrible. At least we still have some salt in the pantry. Imagine when that runs out.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mom has very specific things in mind, and a bird-daughter with terrible shyness and a dirty hoodie was never one of them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

August’s lower jaw opens, and he inhales with a terrible rumbling and smacking of lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He wrote that he and Danny got into a terrible fight at the wrecking yard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A terrible feeling of foreignness suddenly rises up in me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermes warned him that if he persisted in his stubborn silence, he should suffer still more terrible things. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who threw that chair, but your aim was terrible.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The way your dogs are cut up,” Papa said, “it must have been a terrible fight.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s a terrible singer—just cringingly, comically bad. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Now she cursed Past Grace for making such a terrible decision. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was surprised, but he went on through and was even more astonished to see that the alcove doors were open as well and that there was a terrible mess in the front office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of course she runs to Mam and they agree the only way I can make up for my terrible sin is to deliver Bill Galvin’s dinner for a fortnight without pay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I must have committed some terrible act and blacked it out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up there the wall was a terrible thing, flame and smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking of Mr. Poe walking toward them at Briny Beach, with his terrible message. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Many of the unsavory creatures voluntarily fled before the terrible onslaught. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it. I dream about him most nights.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

If I stayed here, something terrible was going to happen to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he is the one who decided that, when he did all those terrible things. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be a terrible person to hate Naomi, but you have to be an idiot to trust her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I lie in bed at night I feel a terrible urge to touch my breasts and listen to the quiet, steady beating of my heart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Not as terrible as slipping into someone’s head I actually like,” I admitted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

His mind couldn’t process the thought of where the Cliff led or what had happened to the terrible creatures. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She could see it took every last bit of his terrible will for him to remain still beneath her touch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That terrible day in Africa, just one week after his wife had died, he hadn’t known. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He cut off its terrible emptiness, drew back, and gave the entire room a gift of one huge bright yellow flower of burning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a terrible amount of very small writing on the top half of the page and even more on the bottom half; in the middle, an equator of sorts marks where you’re supposed to sign. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Didn’t know who ter trust, didn’t dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches ... terrible things happened. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Every minute in this place reveals a new, terrible fact. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Down the stairs to the terrible green room that makes the noise and lights of this morning seem like a quiet walk in Prospect Park. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then I knew there was more to this terrible puzzle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Hazel! This is where it comes from! I know now—something very bad! Some terrible thing—coming closer and closer.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silas shook his head, and for a moment his face was terrible for Bod to behold. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“They had this old dog that couldn’t get around much before he died. These floors stink something terrible when the heat comes up.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No! no! no! For all the world, I wouldn’t let you know that terrible story!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

People can read it and not get the feeling that anything terrible will happen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Simon felt a perilous necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Only a dream, but I was sure of two things: Annabeth was in terrible danger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was in the service of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, a Catholic, and the terrible pan-European conflict afterwards known as the Thirty Years War was just beginning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This freed the peach, which at once began sailing away from that terrible cloud. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And what I’m left looking at in its place is a terrible thing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her lashes are wet, and I know she must be remembering all the terrible feelings from that day. “…and they saved me,” she finishes in a whisper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

We had to take the terrible physical and psychological abuse dealt to us daily with an obedient smile if we were to make it through the year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s funny because he’s a scientist, but also he has a really terrible name. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was terrible, worse than a thousand voices. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t the word from the highest in the land just this: turn in deserters or there will be terrible trouble for you and your family? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all of this filled Florence with a terrible fear, which was immediately transformed into anger. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was ten years old when I first became infected with this terrible disease. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what are you going to do from here, if they do something terrible? Send a smoke signal?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Max looked terrible, a deep purple shadow underneath each eye. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"You are a terrible best friend," I tell him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He’s got soot and sweat on his face, and his Polish is terrible. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain shouted in his most terrible voice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was horrible, people were evil, life was terrible. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The conflict in Europe was terrible and violent, she told her sailor, but she took exception to the name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“No, she isn’t. And don’t you say it. Don’t you dare. It’s only a nosebleed. She has them all the time, terrible nosebleeds, and that’s all it is.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve done terrible, horrible things to these lips in the privacy of my bathroom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

No one was hurt; but the terrible reality of Stalingrad was a shock after looking forward to this moment for so long. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One minute everything was awful and looked terrible and then a little wind could come and flop everything over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven looked at Valley before finishing her thought: one of the terrible families on the Hill. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The war had finally come to Redding, and it was terrible. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been drifting around at sea, have spent days searching for an effective antidote to that terrible word “easy.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I learned that the whole property had fallen into terrible disrepair. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She squeezed her grandmother’s shoulders gently, and as she stood up a wave of terrible loneliness swept over her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had been told stories of terrible days long ago when widows were thrown on the burning funeral pyres of their husbands. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t just to hear terrible stories that make no sense.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The broadcaster Georgia Penn has had a “no” from the head of the Gestapo in this region—a powerful and terrible man called Ferber, I think, the Ormaie captain’s boss. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“So? Would that be such a terrible idea?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That was a terrible thing to think, but it was true. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But most of the Smokies were too shocked to resist, paralyzed by the terrible faces of their opponents. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Those who found protection in church and the judging, angry God whose wrath in their behalf was too terrible to bear contemplation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When told of their diagnosis, Perry Smith said, “How would they know? They just wanted to be entertained. Hear all the morbid details from the killer’s own terrible lips. Oh, their eyes were shining.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam stared at the locked layers of Pet’s face and remembered how it looked that night, with its mighty wings outspread, terrible justice come to Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Realizing the terrible thing that had happened to his daughter made him sweat, for there were seven mulatto children on his land. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I get a cough sometimes, and it’s terrible straight out front.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, sudden and terrible, from the tower above, the sound of the great horn of Helm rang out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It lay over the water and through the mountains, over a thousand miles, and every strange terrible mile was frightening. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your noise!” cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

What called out to him from Guernica was both the terrible tragedy of what had occurred and the enormous power of art to explain and ultimately defeat man’s most evil impulses. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This has been a whole terrible time, from the beginning of the drought that left so many without food, and then the night of the ants, to now, the worst tragedy of all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would remember that terrible things had once been done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This terrible, incomprehensible thing that had descended upon our lives wasn’t new at all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Tales of tears in the earth and sky, waves of heat scorching bodies whole. I am old enough to remember it, and I can tell you, it was a terrible thing to behold.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

What terrible thing would lead Horatio to disrupt our wedding night? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now, staring at this terrible little black phone, he trembled. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I’ll confess: I don’t feel too terrible about more or less chucking the Game Plan because I’m hanging out with Rae a bunch now. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ambuya’s head snapped back and she bared her teeth in a terrible parody of a smile. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loved their knives and did terrible things with them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In fairy tales, kids almost always have terrible moms. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness that all men cherish, which was terrible. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the end of the year, Theo is in terrible shape emotionally and physically. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I imagined passing my armlessness on to other people, their fully grown arms shrinking and shriveling and getting sucked up into their shoulders with a terrible slurping sound after I touched them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What I did was wrong. I made a terrible mistake.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And now the conditions at many schools had gotten so terrible that every kid with half a brain was being encouraged to stay at home and attend school online. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maureen, who was four and had a terrible fear of bogeymen, kept dreaming that intruders in Halloween masks were coming through the open doors to get us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

While she cleaned, she thought about the terrible plan she had come up with last night. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It gave me an idea of what a terrible strain Lucy’s system must have undergone that what weakened Arthur only partially restored her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t kill us, or laugh a terrible laugh at us, or throw a bottle at us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all three jittery and grim, just hours past a terrible night; but the day was fair, we were together, and Mr. Kendall was caught and jailed where he couldn’t hurt us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He knew what it was like: the terrible, agonizing pain which was there all the while but could not be suffered yet, because before all else it was necessary to be able to breathe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My grandmother’s cursive was terrible—no one could read it, so we can’t make any of her recipes now. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She stared down, down into the water, and felt a tremble, a strange sense that she was in terrible danger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

You don’t know who his supporters are, you don’t know who’s working for him and who isn’t; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then the most terrible thought struck me: What if Martin is dead? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Helmuth goes over the terrible interrogations again and again, turning each over in his head. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

French fries were really terrible when they were cold, but these were hot and crispy. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I never realized I was in such terrible condition,” Inigo said, chewing away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There in 1841–the fateful year in which Owen would achieve his greatest glory for naming and identifying the dinosaurs–Mantell was involved in a terrible accident. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That night was the most terrible time in all the memory of Ghalas-at. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robot would tell stories of annoying pinecones and terrible storms and camouflaged insects. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the first half of 1942, the terrible machinery that formed the horrific Nazi death camps was grinding into action, beginning to exterminate hundreds of thousands, and eventually millions, of men, women, and children. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I spent the whole night necking with a terrible phony named Anne Louise Sherman. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible answer, the very worst. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down into the depths and they dragged up the dripping frogs and the shimmering fish and carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while I was in Birmingham watching Shrek and his talking donkey, my poor parents had been thousands of miles away, enduring their own terrible pain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Wearing the red thread of death” was a terrible phrase, but the mouse didn’t have long to consider its implications, because he was suddenly pushed from behind by the hooded mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A hundred terrible questions swirled through her mind, and none had answers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Hen,” Taran said, “it must have been terrible for her. But how did she escape?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was not enough; I saw the blank windows; and that was more terrible than the specters of memory with their piercing gaze; that absence; those sheets of glass that held no image but transmission. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They all cowered silently in their places, seeming to know in advance that some terrible thing was about to happen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the terrible, dark fear that had possessed me was gone. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of its name was terrible, and none could speak it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was terrible, Lanesha. Never seen so many folks. People sleeping in the stands, on chairs, cots. Smelled real bad.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There he’d been again, with the horror and the falling, with the terrible, terrible thing that happened at the end. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now in those days there was a terrible war being fought across a vast empire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When Daniel turns to face him, it looks like he’s been playing monster dodgeball in gym, which sounds terrible, but is actually a lot of fun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s selfish and horrible, but in this terrible moment, all I want is to be a plain old American teenager. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

That is to say, I feel the sudden blast of this terrible truth, yet I know the full ramification of it hasn’t settled in yet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Death has a terrible habit of cutting straight through every careful line you’ve drawn between your present and your future. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the same exact time someone banged a drum one terrible boom, and a flash of red and yellow powder exploded and popped and hissed all ’long the front of the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He is a terrible person who always picks on me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished I said, ‘It sounds terrible. Has it always been like this?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oracle which once had spoken terrible words to him comforted him when he was dying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled down the staircase for the terrible racket to stop or he would call the police. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Giver was gentle with him for many days following the terrible shared memory of war. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is here, in America. We have a terrible responsibility. We must replace the treasures we have lost.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Setting Cap up at the pep rally was an awful thing to do, and I felt terrible about my part in it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I pictured both Yoshotos coming to me in the morning and asking me, begging me, to hear their secret problem out, to the last, terrible detail. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If he were terrible, Mandy could order me to be contented anyway. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were strange rumors too: people said she was the only child to have escaped from the Gobblers, and she had terrible secrets in her possession. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We will not detain you further, Madame. You see, it was not so very terrible.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrible when people weren’t at the places they were supposed to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Did you say he was terrible? Did you say he had a big mustache and a baldy head?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never had there been such terrible frosts as there were that year. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful, but no longer terrible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He rapidly recovered from his terrible condition and began to grow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You made terrible puns, cheated at dice, and criticized the meter of my excellent poems, but you were once a phenomenal healer.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after that I began to see terrible things. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others just watched her go, stunned by the terrible news; stunned, too, by any sign of weakness or indecision from Emma. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The porcupine turned at the instant of his spring, aware of the danger, and with incredible swiftness for such a clumsy-looking animal, spun round, whipping its terrible tail in the dog’s face. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be honored, Percy Jackson. Lord Zeus rarely allows me to test a hero with one of my brood. For I am the Mother of Monsters, the terrible Echidna!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There are many terrible things that can happen to a boy who jumps into a well. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Saturday afternoons are terrible in a boys’ school, especially in the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s it, isn’t it? You don’t want to like a Grisha. You’re scared that if you laugh at my jokes or answer my questions, you might start thinking I’m human. Would that be so terrible?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Had he owned up, it was certain his fate would have been a terrible and a bloody one. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the day had been so terrible that we weren’t even really in trouble anymore. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed, like some weapon of morality, to be spurring me toward the Quarter, each plastic slap saving, “Take heart. Ignatius. Thou hast a terrible swift sword.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack awoke one night with pain in his lower abdomen so terrible, he had to bite his tongue not to cry out. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was so good at being a kid, and so terrible at being whatever I was now. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Bower said you were terrible,” a boy informed me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It felt good, this clarity, and it felt terrible. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then the darkness began to murmur—a terrible sound—and John’s ears trembled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I veered back and forth between hope and its opposite, a growing certainty that something terrible was wrong with me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It bit through neck and deep into chest, and Kino was a terrible machine now. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a terrible shattering sound, as if something alive was breaking apart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even from that distance we could see the terrible angle of his neck, the shoe turned the wrong way, the trickle of blood from nose and mouth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This whole place is a joke! My time was terrible!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He picked up the terrible piece of green-blue paper and waved it in my direction but he didn’t look up. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has been a terrible summer,” said the priest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only now, with all the terrible things that happened at his hand, have I learned how we were related. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt terrible for using his nice cleats, but I couldn’t see any way out of it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

From inside the shack came a sound like the rushing of a terrible wind. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even in the dark, I couldn’t help but know when I was getting close: There was more hogs than a person could ever count, and the racket they made was something terrible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children had long felt sure that he could speak: yet it was a lovely and terrible shock when he did. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The pain was so terrible, she couldn’t think. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go on dates with anyone. It’s a terrible idea and a huge waste of time and—” “Honey,” my mom said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Little Rabbit heard the rumble of their terrible voices. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were doing such terrible things to people that American and British gunboats had opened fire on them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the dark that was most terrible—going so fast into the dark. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t look at me. I’m a young god, remember? I don’t keep track of all those ancient monsters and dusty titans.. They make for terrible party conversation.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Because Luigi’s smart. He figured out that one of you library-loving kids was helping me hoard every single copy of that terrible book. It broke his heart. Crushed his spirit.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He has learned to do the waiting right, not to concentrate too hard, not to faint, not to attract attention, knows the terrible blows and kicks that fainting brings. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Man after man went into those terrible jaws, and still Grendel came on, unsatisfied, his green eyes glaring, his slimy skin not even scratched by the hacking axes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrible thing, thought Winston, the terrible thing was that when O’Brien said this he would believe it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But even after his most terrible hours, he decided to stay here on this earth. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I cannot sleep—how can I with the terrible danger hanging over my darling, and her going out into that awful place.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He turned his key in the lock and lay face down on his cot, shaken by the hoarse, terrible moans with which men weep for love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrible incident at the dance proved it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So he inflicted a terrible punishment upon the old man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially if I see millions of people standing in one of those long, terrible lines, all the way down the block, waiting with this terrific patience for seats and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When he heard this, Mike Teavee flew into a terrible tantrum. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t argue with Babulya because she didn’t remember the passage well enough, and coming at her grandmother half-informed was a terrible mistake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"I knew something terrible would happen if you came to court." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The id of the town was bared, gathering into something terrible, fed by the slow accretions that came with a blazing hunger for retribution. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved through the pictures faster and faster as he came to the burning theatre, and the flames, the terrible flames, that filled the paper completely. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The word was as terrible as the name Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You deserve a good name. I hate to see some lordling with delusions of wit saddle you with some terrible name like Midnight or Sooty or Scut.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or told jokes so terrible it made your ribs hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

None of this, our doctor said, was out of the ordinary, or even all that terrible in isolation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I can remember only how uncomfortable I felt, how I could feel the truth with my stomach, knowing something terrible was going to happen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sobbing, she pulled her hand free of his and covered her ears against those terrible howls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thought he knew me well enough to know that something was wrong, and I often wondered if he knew right then that something terrible was about to happen. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There must be no more fighting in narrow runs, and when the terrible Chief Rabbit finally appeared he would be pulled down in the open, from all sides. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then God’s terrible gaze would fall on us and lift us to Heaven’s bliss or throw us down to the everlasting flames of Hell. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Villagers ran blindly into the fire, trying to escape and screaming for mercy, only to be felled by the terrible fire weapons of the strangely pale men. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt terrible to be singled out for rescue, when the rest of the staff would have to stay here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

This loss did not strike me as a terrible blow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And prison is a terrible place for someone with mental illness or a neurological disorder that prison guards are not trained to understand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t the heart to write last night; that terrible record of Jonathan’s upset me so. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And smoking is a terrible habit that not only eats your lungs away, it gives you those spidery lip wrinkles before your time, which Botox will not fix.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And then, even though they’d done a terrible job the first time, Pickett Engineering won the new contract—apparently by bribing state officials. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was talking in a straight, loud voice that rang through the terrible silence in the synagogue. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If your mom were here, she would tell you that none of this is so terrible. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Symbol of Shamash, the patron god of kings, and the guy who had a magical net capable of trapping all sorts of terrible evils. You're very lucky to have such a powerful gift." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But human beings can also do the most terrible and evil and cruel things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

What happened today is almost too terrible to write about. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went to archery class, even though I was terrible at it, and it wasn’t the same without Chiron teaching. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The beginning is that my great-grandfather was a magician, and long, long ago he set into motion a most terrible curse. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think it was terrible that they might have questioned a little boy: I was only ten or twelve at the time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell, as if it were echoing Flora’s mother’s advice, buzzed its terrible warning buzz. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible place, I'm not kidding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Evidently I had done something terrible, if the wild anger written on the woman’s face was any indication. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child always slept under a quilt, even in the terrible summer heat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I turned out to be useful after all. What a terrible surprise.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And my break’s only fifteen minutes, anyway, so that would be a really cheap date. You shouldn't date me—I’m obviously terrible at it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath to speak, which set her off into a terrible, heavy-sounding coughing fit. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Or I thought of my family, of how they were spared this terrible agony. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been operating under a terrible time pressure from the very beginning. Just yesterday morning, for example, I was a hopeless drunk and Fezzik toiled for the Brute Squad.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The coyote whined as the terrible teeth came out of its leg. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She told me that something terrible had happened at home and I was wanted immediately. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I stole,” I said, and the words felt terrible coming out of my mouth. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For starters, Mrs. Richardson had had terrible morning sickness, bouts of dizziness and vomiting that didn’t end with the first trimester but continued on unabated—if anything, more vigorously—as the weeks went on. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What if I let my guard down and something terrible happens? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was still the terrible fate of the other clones to consider. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the graffiti is a terrible way to start the year, but I have to deal with Tobias every single day on the bus by myself. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a monkey, once, but it was a terrible thief. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They panted as they ran, the promise of something terrible rushing behind them all the way to the edge of the woods. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

These were terrible moments for the people of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You must apologize immediately. This poor gentleman is in terrible pain; he doesn’t know what he is saying.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet and became aware of a terrible, foul, extremely insulting smell. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

For some reason it made us happy to think about how terrible he was. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pur: that one word contains for me the secret, the bright, terrible clarity of ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the fire settled on their foreheads like silver stars and they became at once righteous and wise and terrible to behold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was stupid and terrible, what she had done. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s terrible,” growled Hagrid into his beard, as the three of them walked back along the corridor to the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She ranged around the garden, smashing tea tables, kicking garden gnomes and uttering the most terrible curses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Timothy was staring at me through the darkness when he said, “She started dis terrible wahr, eh, young bahss?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she only sighed and nodded, a signal that the terrible business could pro­ceed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men had told terrible stories about how the British treated their American prisoners. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The terrible thing, the really terrible thing, was the anger in me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked terrible; his hair was untidy, his eyes were pink and wobbling, as though he’d been drinking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to hear somebody call it what it was: terrible. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But I was a terrible team captain,” I blurted. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Imp was said to be dying as well, from a terrible cut to the head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He walks right up to my face, trying to intimidate me with his size and bulk and terrible bad breath. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Poor little puppies, you must have had a terrible time—but who’s that tramp with you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Happy memories were okay, but that last terrible night? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ignoring a terrible pain just seemed like a different way of getting stuck. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We were having fun, and she made our school sound terrible.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In another life, she could have been him—a ghost trapped in a terrible place. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was an angry roaring behind them and looking back Shasta saw a great, shaggy, and terrible shape crouched on the water's edge; but only one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

All the little grains felt itchy and terrible, and I bulged in strange places, though it wasn’t so bad with my big coat on. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

During those first few days on the island, the times I spent alone were terrible. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want them to learn what a terrible spy I am. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He rolled off the go-cart and into the garbage cans, knocking them over with a terrible commotion. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I wondered if somebody had made a terrible blunder. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And with regard to your brother, there are places darker and more terrible than Kurnugi. Those are the risks you'll be taking." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Shasta could see all the terrible claws extended. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was sinister looking and uncommunicative, and had a terrible temper. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took about fifteen minutes of terrible news around the country before the newscasters began focusing on New York. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Don’t you remember the terrible gap between the ones who could get a man easily and the ones who couldn’t? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wealhtheow's last words had been: "Take care. She was the wife of Cain. She is ten times more terrible than Her son." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun made a terrible noise, much louder than the .22. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Roy didn’t get the terrible telling-off we were expecting, and in the days that followed, there were reports of guardians talking—even arguing—about the tokens question. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which brings me to another fear: what if that terrible teacher with the sharp fingernails is still there? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to be a terrible liar, you know. I could always tell. But you seem to be improving.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is a car horn, honking, sounding some kind of terrible siren song through the streets of Evanston, a howling warning of doom. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s terrible,” she said over the screams of the prisoner. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He says this last part seriously, and with it, he puts me in a terrible position. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I felt kind of terrible for it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That must be a terrible thing to live in my shadow for your whole life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to believe that that one terrible day of reducing may have triggered the onset of the crippling disease. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need a maid to clean out the cells. Dying men do puke out some terrible things, they do. You’re a steadfast girl. Tell your mistress we’d pay her the going rate for your services.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything Sinita said I filed away as a terrible mistake that wouldn’t happen again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of pain so terrible that a little child should never remember it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And weed makes me paranoid, like something terrible is about to happen, so I stopped smoking it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet at the table till Dad says, Things are terrible in America. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It felt terrible, like you were the only person alive in the world. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And then she spun on her heel and stalked out behind her terrible, heartbreaking army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her parents didn't see the way Valley snapped at their professors and didn’t seem to care about her schoolwork or how she was always on her own doing sneaky, probably terrible, things. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His grandma burst into his mum’s hospital room ahead of him with a terrible question on her face. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The lights go out all the time now! And the shortages, there’s shortages of everything! If no one does anything about it, something terrible is going to happen!” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the rest of time she would just be stuck in this terrible swamp... Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what was coming over him, but it was huge and terrible and strong. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When it was daytime again, what terrible thing might go down? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Can you? You look terrible, I must say.. Though per-haps it's just the light in here." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It was just a mistake. She was a mess at Lucy’s funeral, and I got caught up in feeling sorry for her. But it was a terrible reason to go out with her.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The news is terrible,” he said at last. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a thief. He’ll steal—” He stopped, as if he had remembered something, and then to my dismay he gave a terrible groan and tried to get out of the bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups act like waking someone up at night is a terrible crime. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And then Harry heard a thin, piteous human scream from amidst the terrible commotion, the thunder of devouring flame. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are, without doubt, many perfectly ordinary-seeming people in your community who have terrible problems, but who manage to seem cheerful and can make you smile. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

You take most little kids, even if their parents are wealthy and all, they usually have some terrible dress on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I knew it,” Delia said, tearing up at the terrible thought. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And, it was a terrible walk, ’cause I lost. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I—I am, Madam. I hope you will excuse any—er—liberty these naughty children may have taken. I assure you, there was no intention—” “You?” said the Queen in a still more terrible voice. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She felt terrible that she had made them all sick, but Polly’s accusations made her angry. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, what I saw was so terrible I almost gasped out loud, which probably would’ve gotten me killed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Feel free to have a look around the lot. I’ll have my guys keep an eye out for him. It would be a terrible shame if something happened to him.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They made a terrible rustling and snapping of twigs as they went, but the noise behind them was still louder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She prayed for a long time, until the terrible moan of a lost freighter was heard throughout the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s shocking to think that he lived through such a terrible war. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible case of acne, his face like a relief map. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiger, the kitten from that terrible Christmas six years ago, was the fat and clever ruler of wherever they lived. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was terrible enough that first time, and wild and jarring and dizzying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a terrible flu going around and the pneumonia took a lot of folks, especially older ones. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they get banana fever. It’s a terrible disease.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In truth, this mistake was not so terrible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now that it was over there was only her heart like a rabbit and this terrible hurt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He lived for half an hour, quite conscious, and in terrible pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what it is, George. It’s Gloria and that terrible machine.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Why, terrible as those pictures were, I’d have paid a nickel to not go in and see ’em! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There was a terrible shriek of brakes followed by a dull thump-thump. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“How can you say something like that if you are not sure? That is a terrible thing to say.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I also get a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach when I peek over the edge of a very high building. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath Virgil’s placid surface was a terrible ice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He needs to practice. He’s a terrible reader,” I said. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then I hear the terrible, terrible scream that of course is the girl getting caught and that’s the choice made, ain’t it? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A short ambassador flanked by tall policemen, on a terrible mission deep into the bowels of the Kottayam police station. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third head, sea-green, was more terrible than either of these: it spat out great quantities of water. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the last real smile we shared and then our final terrible, helpless moments together when he was yelling at me to run. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The mourning depressed Mama something terrible and disrupted our lives. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She’d stopped then, the truth of their situation returning to her with terrible clarity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then, with terrible composure, he stepped back and absently dragged the hand across his chest, smearing mud upon his lapel, his tie, the starched immaculate white of his shirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A terrible joke, first of all,” said Koffi, emerging fully from behind the tapestry. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She said, “I felt so terrible—it was not only my first loss but the first loss of the regiment.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Because if she truly remembered, she’d know that everything is exactly as terrible as it feels. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then just as she started to reach for the first limb a terrible notion came over her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“My mind kept coming back to the events of Tuesday, for it was a terrible, terrible day. It was a day of killing—a day of violence.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She sat and stared, having to remind herself every few minutes that it had all really happened: the cruel pretties, the strange buildings on the edge of town, the terrible ultimatum from Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The man put one of his terrible hooks on Klaus’s shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The terrible circumstances in which we were now existing brought the two of us closer together. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Unlike her, his death was terrible: he was torn to pieces, in some stories by the Titans, in others by Hera’s orders. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, loneliness makes us do terrible things,” said Dr. Meescham. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

‘They were terrible to behold! But why could we all see their horses?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is notorious for striking quickly and with terrible effect at the nervous system, sending the victims into convulsions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ben’s final screams were cut off when the walls closed with a terrible boom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now that you are gone and I can no longer hope to tell you good-bye, it is not so terrible. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But one day, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, I’d woken up in the spotlight. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I see my wild white hair—and along with it I remember the terrible things. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote until the story was there, outside him, terrible in its truth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What we should be concerned with is that this person may have brought into our community a terrible plague. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But they found that terrible deeds had been done there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boston is a terrible confusion- first the King’s army, and now Washington’s.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He sounds nice when he writes to me, but he’s in prison for doing something terrible.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked terrible, and when she was leaving, he was so sad, she writes Theo, it was “as though it were for the first time but could also be the last time.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were open; some were standing, though most had sat down; and a terrible stillness hung over them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias remembered the darkness of the water, the terrible cold, the silence of the deep. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of gowns, all of them too grand to wear, and too terrible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The long years of solitude and unhappiness had distilled her emotions and purified her feelings down to a few terrible, magnificent passions, which possessed her totally. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “it’s terrible. But you can’t believe how bad it is until you taste it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

To one thing I have made up my mind: if we find out that Mina must be a vampire in the end, then she shall not go into that unknown and terrible land alone. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She lets the water run in the shower, turns up the thermostat to compensate for the terrible moment when she will have to step onto the mat on the bathroom floor, unclothed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

How did this terrible competition get started, anyway? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew better than to make things seem less terrible than they actually were. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Of that lean and terrible red ship he saw no sign, but his father's Great Kraken was there, her bow ornamented with a grey iron ram in the shape of its namesake. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alex found it hard not to stare at the terrible wound. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The sound of the lock turning was the most terrible of all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And how could such a thing be normal and terrible both at the same time? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I can shut my eyes, but the sounds are just as terrible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But when there’s no chance of being misunderstood, it’s not a terrible crime to use than me in casual conversation or informal writing: Trixie’s fatter than me. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother never talked about her life in China, but my father said he saved her from a terrible life there, some tragedy she could not speak about. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” said M. Bouc with a characteristic gesture—“she is a terrible old lady, that!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a terrible feeling to love someone and not be able to help them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s a terrible kind of anticipation, not knowing what we’re walking into. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He cries because his tongue hurts and he can hardly talk and it’s terrible when you can’t talk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a fumbling with the catch and an irritable sigh, and the door was opened by a tall, sharp-faced woman in her thirties who was out of breath from some terrible exertion. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I marveled at the Book of John, with its terrible revelations of angels and beasts loosed at the end of time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hearing Joshua give Rabelaisian nonstop talks of three to five hours made it all too clear that he was an enfant terrible. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Madam wants lemon cakes with her tea. She is terrible fond of cakes, is Madam. Lady Clarissa Seymour is coming to hear all the news from Boston.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Napoleon called the animals together immediately and in a terrible voice pronounced the death sentence upon Frederick. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But here’s this woman who knows exactly how crazy I am, and she doesn’t seem to think it’s a terrible idea. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I am terrible. But I just needed to see you today.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible feeling of doom about to descend on all of them. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just me running down the hall, making terrible sounds as I tried to breathe and cry at the same time, looking for Leticia. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a terrible moment of silence before we heard voices call back to us, and Enoch’s boat appeared out of the mist, all four passengers aboard, waving their arms at us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Florence, still wearing her hat and carrying her handbag, stood a little removed, looking down at them with a troubled, terrible face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She said mortals like it was some sort of terrible condition, but Rachel just nodded. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The guilt comes in with the waking up, and through the fog inside me, I feel terrible that I’ve made such a mess. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be on the end of a fish hook and used as bait than come up against those terrible creatures again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, ‘Lee, you didn’t do this terrible thing, did you? If you did, now is the time to purge your soul.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have laughed with Mustafa about that if this weren’t all so terrible. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But he looked terrible lying there on the damp wooden floor of my boat, his face pale as a sheet, his eyes half shut and his lips as blue as a fresh bruise. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It is a terrible thing, this kindness that human beings do not lose. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the rash-free are affected by the juxtaposition of terrible heat and cool, inaccessible water. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But having something terrible happen to you doesn’t make it right to stab your friend in the back!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The hall shook to its foundations with his terrible laughter. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no doubt: Beneath his terrible sadness, he felt stronger. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began, too, to think that my imaginings were of the night, and the gloom, and the unrest that I have gone through, and all the terrible anxiety. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

HARRY: “The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I’m worried that if I say any of that, she’ll think I am crazier than she already does and I’ll have to take those terrible drugs they gave me at the hospital. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"But my poor nerves——" and then came the most terrible noise they could have heard at that moment: the noise of the door opening. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Benko requested and Bobby refused: “Yes, I wrote it, but I had a terrible time in that jail. I want to forget about it. No, I don’t want to sign it.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The perfect ending, Roy thought gloomily, to a perfectly terrible day. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she have all those terrible thoughts going through her head? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Love is a terrible thing and I want nothing to do with it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later on he learned to manage these fits, but he was left with a short temper, which needed very little provocation to blossom into terrible attacks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why you’re pushing him to get a job when he’s been in Vietnam fighting and saw all those terrible things,” Big Ma told Pa, time and time again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I’ve taken such a terrible dislike to her. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Poor Katherine! It must have been terrible for you! You were perfectly right to come to us. You do believe she was right, don’t you Matthew?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets, and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them, they were soon driven back. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I still do a lot of selfish and terrible things. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And Joaquin had the horrible, terrible feeling that he would never be able to give this kind of life to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The terrible sounds he’d heard escalate for the last hour took on a high-pitched, mechanical squeal, like a robotic death yell. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It would have been a terrible disgrace to return like a hungry dog to my parents’ home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You are so terrible at this,” she said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed up at the sky and said, “So the light pollution is terrible, but the brightest star you see—there, see it?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was immune and terrible, and his song had become a battle cry. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady who thinks it's so terrible to waste learning time cutting and gluing paper. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He got a terrible shock He was not alone. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And thus ends the story of Andrew and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Mrs. Bunny?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was infuriating to discover the reason for all these terrible disasters and not to be able to tell the public, almost worse than it being the government’s fault after all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the time he bore her nagging patiently, but when he did not, terrible fights ensued. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some terrible force to sweep the decks of everything. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I feel—so, so terrible, Em. It was supposed to be civil disobedience. Like we talked about in Human Rights Club.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how I could do something so terrible to people. “I made the decision, so the rest of my life I’ll have made that decision. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I will strengthen me with breakfast, and then I will to my terrible work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And there Dionysus showed himself in his most terrible aspect. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Abel’s debts and his terrible business decisions started impacting my mother’s credit and her ability to support her sons, she wanted out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But she dropped the bloody cloth to the ground, took Sean’s big hand in her small one and laid it on that terrible wound. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas knew he’d never forget those few terrible minutes in the graveyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then, very gradually it seemed, the terrible pressure began to slacken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline and her children grieved, but having no body to bury properly is a terrible thing for a Congolese family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had recovered my composure and apologized for my terrible manners. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like she wondered if all the terrible things she’d heard about Japan right before camp were true, but she also hoped all the wonderful things she’d heard about Japan inside of Tule Lake were true. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s got a terrible rash,” she said, and lifted his long white cotton dress to show the baby’s bungy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something fierce and terrible about him in that instant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She sobbed at the sight of him but was glad that his terrible wounds were gone. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“This is terrible,” he says, his eyes widening inside the clay mask of his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His fear was of great and terrible things, which no mortal can treat of.’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The soldiers’ faces and hands were black, and with their stubble and matted black hair, and their tied-on labels from the casualty-receiving stations, they looked identical, a wild race of men from a terrible world. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

These newer magicians have been the cause of great tragedies and terrible disasters these many years. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now the tank would always remind Carmen of that terrible day that Papa got sick. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Last night, Alaska Young was in a terrible accident.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The terrible ache he had felt the night before had gone away and had been replaced with a different feeling, one of hollowness and despair. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A moment later I heard a terrible wailing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men ahead were kneeling to fire at the blue men on the far side of the wall, firing at the gunners of the terrible cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a terrible day even before the shower incident, and now this. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her hands she holds the terrible shears she’ll use to cut the thread of your child’s life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I knew at once it was just a terrible mistake,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so terrible that the children were afraid of him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is that strange look on Tori’s face because she doesn’t know how to tell me what a terrible person I am? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Before, they were just stories. But now, they keep swarming back, and all of them feel more terrible." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the truth is, she really was terrible at fractions. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The postman brought the terrible news to Down House at midday on Wednesday. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing to lose your milking cows because it meant no more milk or butter or cheese. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To decline the man would bring terrible punishment upon her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since the terrible night of the ants, Mother had been creeping her remorse in flat-footed circles around me without ever speaking of it, wearing her guilt like the swollen breasts of a nursing mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And a wonderful surprise it is," my father says, "because Ollie is terrible at chess and he's agreed to play for money." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a heavy blow for us, not only because those poor Jews are once again balancing on the edge of an abyss, but also because it’s terrible for Mr. van Hoeven. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The sanitation is terrible—it’s only a matter of time until one of us gets sick.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you save it? I know it’s in terrible shape, and I’m afraid the others aren’t in a much better way, but...” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With terrible certainty, Hazel knew what would happen next. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Until. My father took me everywhere until I contracted terrible seasickness, until I vomited at a royal wedding, until I tried to hump the ambassador’s leg.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Between the flashes of lightning the air was dark and terrible; and the boys followed him, clamorously. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pictured wandering around the house, trying to avoid him all day, and cooking for his terrible friends at night, perhaps every night, for the rest of her life. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But as such it was her terrible task to conduct the sacrifices, not actually herself kill her countrymen, but consecrate them by long-established rites and deliver them over to those who would kill them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never thought about it too much, but now, looking at Briares, I realized how terrible it would be to be so old—thousands and thousands of years old— and totally alone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The forest was seething with an army of wild animals, distracting the robot, luring the terrible thing deeper into their trap. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A terrible secret,” Bethan called it, enjoying the attention she received as she retold the embellished story. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But The Grand High Witch continued with her terrible recital. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A few days later, he was back in a funk, vacillating again; he didn’t want to act like he hadn’t made a terrible choice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was handsome even now, but his stillness was terrible, the gulf between sleep and death immense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her mother didn’t want to hear what had really happened, she just wanted to feel good about what she was doing instead of terrible, which was what she should have been feeling. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“You smell terrible. All right, you have permission to go to the hospital.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chilly emptiness in the water reflected the terrible emptiness in his soul. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to escape, or die, because if I’m captured they will have my father, and they will make him do terrible things.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time he realized what a terrible thing it was to be an eejit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart, as on that bright summer day when he had first spoken to her, gave a terrible bound and then was still, with an awful, wounded stillness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And the father must utter the terrible words: “There are other children like you, a great many of them . . .” and then one’s voice trails off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya started to giggle, then laugh, but Grace just looked somber, and Joaquin suspected that he had either said the most perfect thing or the most terrible thing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“What a terrible mess,” observed the Humbug, with his knack for saying exactly the wrong thing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mixed in with his relief was a terrible sense of guilt. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Along with the bad pay, the foot soldiers faced terrible job conditions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Man, it was terrible,” he said, his voice hoarse and muffled. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then, from far away, he heard screaming, terrible, terrified, pleading screams. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Jane, I fear we have landed ourselves in a certifiably terrible place.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had arranged this special practice, giving his freshmen a chance to scrimmage against a few members of the varsity, to show off all he had taught them and they were doing lousy, rotten, terrible. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a terrible pain in her stomach and her ovary was diseased. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were the carrier of a terrible disease and nobody wanted to become contaminated. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this place would turn out to be a terrible disappointment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin managed to visit Josiah, but he was so upset by his old friends terrible condition that he could offer no medical help. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord, that silence is a long, terrible one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of that tart berry taste had made her stomach ache with nausea, but now it didn’t sound so terrible. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I said, “It isn’t normal to die. It isn’t normal. It’s terrible.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But the terrible silence took hold of Nelson, too, and no words came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all stood in a line in front of me, and I braced myself for yelling, or more punishment, or something else equally terrible. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the terrible cry ended, falling back through a long sickening wail to silence, Frodo slowly raised his head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I put us aboard a pirate ship in the middle of terrible storm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was a terrible farmer, and not much of a husband either. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But you did the right thing. I mean, stopping the Jacks. They were terrible. They were monsters.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

There was a terrible fever running through the city, the learned doctors all readily agreed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Joe fought the terrible mountain man by the light of only a single torch. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if they were some terrible incantation that made it more real. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, c’mon, it looks terrible. I cut it myself. Thus I discovered another talent I don’t have.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No offense,” I say, with a terrible, sycophantish smile, and tip an imaginary hat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she scooted into the driver’s seat, she was a dripping mess and in a terrible mood. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I played my way farther out into the world, vast cavern aboveground, cautiously darting from tree to tree challenging the terrible forces of night on tiptoe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That’s right. And the queue was terrible. So we took the ticket. And gave it to Salim. And Salim went up on his own. And he didn’t come down.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of that, and a cold and terrible dread creeps over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it also means going back to the terrible place. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ballet seemed then some terrible misuse of the body, and she was so anxious to please us, her very need to hold on to whatever she had been scared me away. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing to be called by one who was your friend. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible day when he arrived with constables and informed Caesar and his parents that they were to be sold. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That was a terrible cover-up, and he knew it, and I could tell that he knew it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They stood outside Balham tube station, which in three months' time would achieve its terrible form of fame in the Blitz. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe she has also realized that even if she guards over me like a hawk, terrible things can still happen, so she has loosened her grip and let me be free. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“This is terrible ghost country, where a human being works her life away,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always, she was moved by the passage of the terrible winged squadrons. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw all of this now, with the terrible lucidity of a strained mind; and seeing it, wondered what there was to live for. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go and throw this shawl into the dustbin. It smells terrible.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Laila had lain on the bed, groaning into the pillow, missing her parents suddenly and with an overpowering intensity she hadn’t felt since those terrible days just after the attack. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If it is true, it is terrible. Who could have wanted to kill Gareth, and him unarmed?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would look innocent to me if I didn’t know what a terrible person he is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They visited with terrible punishment those who shed the blood of kindred. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last notes echoed and faded into a terrible silence. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course. It's good to see you again, Chantal. Mrs. Larsen is waiting upstairs, but the garage attendant called and said something terrible happened to the car. Is everybody okay?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three children knew, of course, that they were still in a terrible situation, but they thought they might do something to make it better. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I always felt terrible on the trail the first day after a break. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He laid out the terrible injustice of black and white men fighting “in brutal solidarity,” only to come home to a country where they could rarely live on the same block. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I was told the village was in a valley completely surrounded by mountains, the nearest hospital a two-hour drive over terrible roads, I was delighted. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were making too much noise, laughing, joking to cover her terrible accusing silence below. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to defend his actions because it was very terrible.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What had seemed like not a big deal at the time now seemed like the first wave in a terrible ocean tide. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would be terrible,” she said, and took a prowling step closer, reaching up to trace a line down the center of his chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Crooks had retired into the terrible protective dignity of the Negro. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was haggard,” Bagdikian recalled, “and complained of a terrible headache.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I should have known then that this was all a terrible idea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There was a terrible look on his face. He went inside, came back out, and started helping me wash Max. I knew something was wrong then, because Fish never washes the dog." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then something terrible occurred to me: what if this wasn’t a fear of heights I was feeling—but of hollows? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She cursed herself for picking a hiding spot with such terrible visibility. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I remembered the humiliating talk with the Red Successors, the terrible accusations of the da-zi-bao. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it was worse that Kelly thought it was no big deal that George wanted to be Charlotte in the play than if she had said it was a terrible idea. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Because your luck is terrible and mine is great. Do what I say and I’ll delay the pleasure of hurting you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, letting it all spin around her for a terrible few moments. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It must have been indeed a terrible shock to the nerves, and already the poor lady was upset by the journey and leaving her daughter. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you are, indeed, that terrible man, then shame on you. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"It just happened, that's the dumb part. It's not like there was some disease, or a terrible accident or anything." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because in Poland now is terrible; very little bit money. Here, I don’t have a lot of, but I live normal. I have enough, not for rich life but for normal life.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to hang on to anger any more than he wants the terrible smell to hang on Byrd, but it is hard to let go of Byrd’s visit to the school today. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s still going to be a terrible father.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning I started sneezing and came down with a terrible cold. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you say a terrible thing, it should be like a weight lifted off your chest, but giving voice to this thought has only made the weight heavier. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"It’s a terrible time, Sam, but I need you to tell me about it." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped myself—too many terrible thoughts were filling my head. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At first there was no sound in the world, but after a time he began to hear the voices of the dead, soft and terrible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He thought of all the terrible deeds he knew Lord Voldemort had done. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No wonder the bird had such a terrible disposition, Shirley thought. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I suppose, despite how terrible those pills tasted, that I should have been thankful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us four days to move halfway up the slope, taking terrible casualties all the way. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my own terrible experiences in Castle Dracula seem like a long-forgotten dream. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Look back, look back,” had cried a beautiful woman with long blonde curls, “and see if we are pursued!”—and she had come, as John remembered, to a terrible end. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could not but see how right he was and the terrible despair of Mina’s face became relaxed a thought; there was hope in such good counsel. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

TimeStar said, “When Petey stopped his younger self from creating Mr. Flux, it must have sent a ripple through time so none of the terrible things we left behind ever happened.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The terrible thing was that I responded to it; I liked the feel of Luce’s hand on my back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Maya got this defiance from you. You’ve set a terrible example.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Wondering what terrible things Mrs. Silver has told him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Matt was filled with gratitude for the old man who had spared him such a terrible fate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bitter conflict between Protestants and Catholics, which had led to prolonged civil war in France, to the most terrible massacres and brutalities, had made all claims to truth seem partisan. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then Longstreet thought of his children, that Christmas, that terrible Christmas, and turned his mind away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thebans felt that this was wise because of the terrible position of the family, and they accepted Creon, Jocasta’s brother, as the regent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I want you to know I had a terrible time after that. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the first time she’s mentioned Constantine since our terrible discussion. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And what I felt, standing there, was not fear or remorse but only terrible, crushing humiliation, a dreadful, red-faced shame I hadn’t felt since childhood. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only furniture was a bench carried in from the village cricket pitch—again, the youthful Leon and his terrible friends from school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There had been terrible deaths, with bodies brought out strangled by vines or branches that had reached out malevolently around the throats and limbs of those who decided to leave Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I guess once you’d had a taste of the worst, pretty bad isn’t all that terrible. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The terrible visitation, they argued, had been a warning from the Almighty to mend the city’s spiritual ways. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was said that she had sent Lancelot away after a terrible quarrel, during which she had accused him of loving other women. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the heat inside her, a terrible burning in her womb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a few terrible moments they seemed to be coming closer, but they died away again, swallowed up by the music coming from the parking lot and filling the night like a foul smell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had a terrible headache, so I lay down for an hour after breakfast and then went to the office at around two. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Out of love for Lyra, Lanre had sought knowledge where knowledge is better left alone, and gained it at a terrible price. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He found her in the midst of the most terrible indignity a woman could suffer, and he struggled to rescue his stepdaughter from the clutches of the assailant. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What shall I destroy next? it asked, stepping over to the second monster, and in a terrible blurring of the eyes, they merged together, making a single monster who was even bigger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Who shall hold her accountable, given these tumults, for pleading her belly to delay the fall of the terrible sentence? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But in their approach to the scene they were terrible, scoring just 15 percent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He stood in Heorot and stared at the terrible trophy, Grendel's arm, which still dripped steaming blood on the ivory floor. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks terrible, but at least he seems less feverish. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had coolly—some even said coldly—stood firm during the terrible onslaught of the myxomatosis, ruthlessly driving out every rabbit who seemed to be sickening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a terrible thing it was, Laila thought now, for a mother to fear that she could not summon love for her own child. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He told of many terrible and many wonderful things he had seen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet from the viewpoint of the herd, rather than that of the shepherd, it’s hard to avoid the impression that for the vast majority of domesticated animals, the Agricultural Revolution was a terrible catastrophe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for me to realize that hospital gift shops have terrible gifts. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t do nothing but expect that kind of rudeness from him, but the way Ma was carrying on was terrible shocking! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“What he did was a terrible thing,” Jasmine said after Richard was charged. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Smudge had committed a terrible offense: no one was allowed to shake hands with a prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Dalton, do you think that the terrible conditions under which the Thomas family lived in one of your houses may in some way be related to the death of your daughter?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, terrible things have already happened to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No one knew that a killer was already moving through their streets with them, an invisible stalker that would go house to house until it had touched everyone, rich or poor, in some terrible way. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“One hundred four is not so terrible. But you will have to stay in bed, covered up. No wonder you felt cold.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She knew that it was ridiculous, but sometimes she felt as if Mary Ann knew something that she didn’t know, that the little shepherdess was keeping some dark and terrible secret. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

My heavy shoes made a terrible loud noise on the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got to be terrible in the store. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But you do know that if you don’t walk, something terrible will happen somewhere and you’ll see it in the news tomorrow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I sit in the terrible waiting room and try to listen to Dr. Katz’s conversation with Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘I lookjust like you now,’ said Bruno sadly, as if this was a terrible thing to admit. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Zorn means “finished” or “destroyed,” in the sense of some terrible catastrophe. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was sudden and terrible—and then gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He told me that he had originally contemplated suicide when he realized the terrible potentialities of his discovery and he felt that now these had been realized and he was to blame.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The greater the threat from inside, the more you long for those waters, as if you’ve grown accustomed to the terrible tentacles that seek to draw you into their crushing embrace. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But the natives soon learned that most of the British were terrible shots, from lack of practice—their guns were little more than noisemakers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And after his long and terrible day, if I were him, I would have been about ready to cry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Still, that doesn’t stop them from tormenting me by forcing me to think about doing those terrible things. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung called out in a terrible voice, “Bring me this laborer!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“That sounded really terrible, didn’t it? I didn't mean anything by it. It’s just—you’re the first person I’ve met who wasn't a Baron.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Even so,” His High Holiness went on, “these are terrible charges, and the realm must know the truth of them. If Your Grace has told it true, no doubt a trial will prove your innocence.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t happened in the first game of the season against El Paso Austin, because everyone knew that El Paso Austin was a terrible team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kote stood with his back to the room, a stillness in his body and a terrible silence clenched between his teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes when a terrible thing happens, it can make a beautiful thing seem even more precious.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, Doha felt a terrible rage overcome him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in these terrible circumstances, my mother and I found the will to persevere. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She knew, with terrible sureness, what he was doing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He realized now that it was not so: Gollum was feeling the terrible call of the Ring. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine how terrible it would make me feel if Mom or Dad decided that I was “too much to balance.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’d always been a terrible liar; I didn’t sound convincing at all. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. That day R.C. and I went fishing, we met Emmett Till and some of his friends at the riven R.C. did something terrible to him.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Please. I would feel terrible throwing them away. Obviously they were important to the people who used to live here. It would feel, I don’t know, sacrilegious or something.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, as exhausted almost by the telling as she had been when she reached the top of the cliff that long-ago dawn, she described the terrible trade she had made. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Frederick practised upon his animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The pain had become the nature of his existence but this other thing weighed on him, a terrible burden. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been a few times with him. You people have terrible roads.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Inside me, in my chest, I felt a terrible squeezing pressure. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The flight was terrible and I’m exhausted. I need to get some rest.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The look upon Dumbledore’s face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye Moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for Nicole, but not as terrible as I would have felt if it had happened to somebody nice or at least not a rich gorgeous snob. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was during these terrible days that Benjamin Rush once again began to feel weak and feverish. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through him speaks a shrewd and magnanimous people, a people who have woven together into one wisdom a profound, old, terrible, and unimaginably various experience of life.' The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And in the still, cold nights of winter, terrible howls issued from the dark place, as if the castle itself were weeping and moaning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You know it didn’t mean anything. It was nothing—a terrible mistake. Oh, Morty! Don’t you love me anymore?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Scenes like these are repeated almost daily, unless they’ve just had a terrible fight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"We've got to keep Mike from getting so tight. That kind of stuff is terrible." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered what terrible thing it was that I had done. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice, but a terrible girlfriend parent, a real failure of a Mom. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It seems as though we are the only business doing well in this terrible economy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Anya had a terrible feeling in her gut in the form of copper and diamond, but she couldn’t figure out what it meant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Since Lord Renly died, he has been troubled by terrible nightmares," the boy had confided to his father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed more terrible somehow to be the first one. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, heart pounding, slapping at the blank wall for the light switch until the terrible realization dawned on me that I was not in my own room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every group had stories of terrible peril: boys who had been hurt or killed by bullets or bombs, attacked by wild animals, or left behind because they were too weak or sick to keep up. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still the terrible anger that they had felt that night had been hard to understand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If it had looked terrible in the daylight, the Very Friendly Animal Center looked even worse in the dark. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He must have made it up, because it’s terrible. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It put out his left eye and then his right, and when he was blind in the dark it pecked at his brow, driving its terrible sharp beak deep into his skull. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my heavens, what a terrible thing!” his wife said, hands on her cheeks, gaping at the fire. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t the warning from Daddy’s spirit saved her and Mama from a terrible fate the night he was killed? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even Mrs. Harker seems to lose sight of her trouble for whole spells; it is only now and again, when something recalls it to her mind, that she thinks of her terrible scar. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Little by little we began to piece a story together, a secret, terrible, awful story. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s eyes are upon me now, their faces twisted in disgust, as if killing a dinner guest, shambler or no, is a terrible faux pas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A year after my graduation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a terrible mistake was made and I was offered a position teaching a writing workshop. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Had the shock of the shipwreck—the noises, the falling into the sea, the terrible struggle to swim to the lifeboat—increased the effect of the sedative? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seas are warming, which is terrible for almost everyone. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But that was the terrible part, the effort it took not to look. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It's a terrible idea. He'd shoot off into space—" "Not the whole idea, but part of it," she said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their home destroyed, the Baudelaires had to recuperate from their terrible loss in the Poe household, which was not at all agreeable. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s when the Keepers meet—they only call one when something weird or terrible happens.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She did not even have words, only a feeling, a terrible hollow feeling, as if everything inside her had been scooped out raw. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s all about putting yourself in a man-meeting situation where you can—” “Mama,” I say, just wanting to end this conversation, “would it really be so terrible if I never met a husband?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh! My aching back. Old age is a terrible thing, Idunn.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Cedar wasn’t a terrible place, but it sure was dull. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t yet appreciate its terrible finality or the havoc it could wreak on those who’d entrusted the deceased with their hearts. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the men on the bridge walked the earth with the terrible burden of dark mortal sin on their souls, and hell was the only reward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the hideous devices owned and used by the Witch, the most terrible of all are her Seven League Boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The worst idea in the history of horrible, terrible, awful ideas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even then I swear I’ll know it for what it was: the most terrible day of our lives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He longed for her so greatly that at last he dared the terrible descent to the lower world to seek her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has been a terrible carnage, we know. We saw it from the window. But surely it is better that your aunt should be safe, and all the forms of justice satisfied.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s my dad, we’ll turn him in. It wouldn’t be the first time he did something terrible,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that men might be dying there, but what I saw at that moment did not seem terrible. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the terrible gases and smells from the rotten egg. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A cold wind blows through me like I’m an empty room and I suddenly know everything’s going to be terrible and I’m doomed; not only me, but the whole gloomy grubby gray world too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And then a terrible thought hits me: What if they’re not going to kill me? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I remember waking that morning filled with anxiety, instantly knowing that something terrible had happened. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the tsar killed all the dragons because one of them did something terrible?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The enslaved people on Saint Domingue were not merely fighting against the terrible conditions on the island. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

One day, when the young ladies were of age to be married, a terrible, three-headed dragon laid siege to the kingdom, burning villages with fiery breath. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Some of his quiet strength communicated itself to Her terrible touch, and She sensed danger. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all that terrible madness, I heard a whining in my ear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What was it Uncle had said during that first terrible day in the desert? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time Terryl had nearly gotten into a terrible wreck was when she was in Orange County. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But she was always terrible at hems!” she snapped. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing her eyes tightly, she tried to head it off by thinking of terrible things. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They had to watch the goats and chickens more closely, but other than the gloomy, dark days, winter wasn’t terrible. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Here, poor nubbin, now we will just lead you out of doors again where you belong—” Before she could say more, a terrible growling sound filled the room. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But most were heading south and looked in terrible shape. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

This had been a really bad, terrible, no-good idea. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After the war, they still kept on with that drinking to try to keep that terrible world of war out of their minds. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curzon had grown terrible thin and was still feverish, but his leg had healed up, and he greeted me at the window every day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But their father was Ares, the terrible god of war, whose ways they followed and not their mother’s. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train noise is so terrible, you always must shout. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph felt terrible, but he was not going to run that maze in front of Room 5. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

That is a terrible, evil thing to do. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Currie agreed that there was a terrible fever infecting the city, but he simply did not think it was yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadness washed over him, almost as if he were reliving those few terrible minutes of awakening in darkness to the memory loss. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked terrible, even worse close up than through the binoculars. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He looked for her in her sisters' shop, behind the window shades in her house, in her father's office, but he found her only in the image that saturated his private and terrible solitude. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lying in that hospital bed I feel all of it: the terrible weight of sorrow, the crumbling of my dreams. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to run to Miss Riley and beg for her help in overcoming this terrible injustice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I laughed because my first snowstorm was over and it had not been so terrible after all. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those prison ships were terrible places—filthy and baking hot in summer and freezing in winter and of course nothing but slop to eat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then her expression turned grim, as if, in the brief silence between us, she had intuited the terrible thing I’d come to tell her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Ged drew the oars up rattling in their locks, and that noise was terrible, for there was no other sound. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she felt terrible for thinking that about someone who had only ever been nice to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

People said terrible things to my father, like “Why keep a wife who bears dead babies?” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She did not return to school that afternoon, but spent the afternoon on her bed crying with rage and trying to understand the terrible information she had received from Calpurnia. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But what the nurse actually said was, “I know. Isn’t it terrible? I sympathize with you, Doctor. There is no excuse for these people living in filth.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at me, all I remember were his eyes, they seemed far away and filled with a terrible power, dispassionate and cold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The wild rush that followed to sell stocks was something terrible. It was a veritable panic for an hour.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cattermole let out a terrible scream of fear as a slimy, scabbed hand grasped her chin and forced her face back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Well," she said, "you are all those things, and more besides. Why did you keep me waiting like that? I thought something terrible had happened to you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

You know what I mean...is what I’m doing terrible? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had a terrible time getting her to at least open her eyes when she took a swing at the ball. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs was on the ground, sobbing something terrible with his hand over his face, and the cop who had struck them stood frozen and uncertain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She would tell them about parents who came to comfort their children when nightmares woke them, and they would all go still and quiet, listening with a terrible intensity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track, twisted his ankle, then lurched back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Do you know what the most terrible sound in the world is? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because of my grandfather’s bragging, and his firm belief in my dogs and me, a terrible thing happened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said her kittys always liked to “draw people when they are running and that is the one thing I am terrible at.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I tell you not to be timid. I tell you to make the choices, make the mistakes, big, terrible, reckless mistakes, really screw it all up. I tell you it is the only way.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It would be a terrible tactical error to go into battle against the dead without the proper weapons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Just look at the power that terrible Grand High Witch has in her eyes alone! She could kill any of us at any time with those white-hot sparks of hers! You saw it yourself!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

From behind the closed door, the terrible howl rose up again. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

For them it might stave off what he could not help but see with clarity: that the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been a wanderer in many lands, always pursued by the same terrible shapes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat uttered another banshee scream and stepped forward with a stiff-legged, sideways movement, his squinting, terrible eyes fixed on his enormous adversary. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression, always so calm before, was filled with such a cold, terrible anger that I took a step away from him without meaning to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t quite understand the point of watching your terrible team get walloped, though the air- conditioning was reason enough for me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go talk to her? You have that secret cousin bond. Let her know how terrible you feel and that you’re sorry.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I remember being on my knees in this terrible pool and pushing up and down on his chest with my arms locked, like I learned. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She took out her phone and tried to call the first friend she could think of to make fun of the terrible movie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The shuddering increased, and with a terrible coughing, clunking noise, the car began to slow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I just fired him. We discovered that he was sneaking children into the theater. Isn’t that a terrible thing to do?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

That terrible charred corpse was wearing my clothes, bone and leather fused into the shattered cockpit in my place. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then they played Monopoly, which, surprisingly, Laura Friendly was terrible at. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something terrible was happening, and Mr. Benedict needed them to stop it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She found nothing about him, but found other, terrible things. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Francis drove us out there and about two miles from the house something terrible happened to the car,” said Charles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Voldemort smiled his terrible smile, his red eyes blank and pitiless. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The king's smile was as terrible as his wound, his teeth red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Get out! until Minya picked herself up from her cower, and, with a terrible look, turned and fled. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What if my ending hadn’t carried the terrible tragedy of the song to anyone but myself? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It then turned and faced its challengers, let out a terrible roar, and disappeared with its kill. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Such shadows as I bring forth here will be terrible, and no creature of the dark will stand before them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few people whisper excitedly when she says “California,” and when Fina is done, Austin calls out, “Gnarly, bro!” in a terrible surfer accent. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They will bring terrible diseases the people have never known. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed a little startled by his voice, but she came to the table determined to finish the terrible passage, yet not willing to miss her supper to do so. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you do that to yourself? You’re going to get a terrible infection. Have you heard of staph?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I know this is a terrible thing to say, even think—but right now I wish Jacqui had shot Henry when she had the chance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had some terrible dreams that night, but I could remember none of them when I woke in the morning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Of course Mosca opened the door without asking for the password and earned himself a terrible telling off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was safe to say I was a terrible punter, and after a little while, Wello told me it would be better if I stopped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had known something terrible about the world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then, for no apparent reason, he let out a terrible scream, a death rattle such as I had never heard before and, with open mouth, thrust his head toward the still steaming liquid. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the Dominican Republic growing up, Yoyo had been a terrible student. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Tally remembered that first terrible morning, yanked away from the promised operation, flown out to be interrogated, her future pulled out from under her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You know I’ve had some pretty terrible Hallows’ Eves — but this is undoubtedly at least the—second worst. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I was terrible and gave him a good kick under the desk to emphasize the point. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Me. Except I would be a terrible king, and I would hate it. Besides, Balekin is unlikely to put the crown on my head. He and I have never gotten on particularly well.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And if Kate and Constance were drawing no such unpleasant attention themselves, it was only because they were having a terrible time with the quizzes, which was even more discouraging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were also whispered stories of a terrible book, a compendium of all the heresies, of which Goldstein was the author and which circulated clandestinely here and there. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The most innocent things can call back the most terrible. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re exceedingly responsible. You have this terrible need to heal people.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because Papa really had to imagine Amil being gone forever, and he saw how terrible that would be. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But even then, I thought it was bad, because my body flowed with terrible revenge as the juices of this man’s firstborn son poured from me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind kept turning to all the terrible possibilities, and he had to think of other things, quickly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible combination for someone in an unfamiliar place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst part of Leon’s fury was the way he whispered, this terrible tortured hissing from his mouth, giving his words a tone more deadly than a shout or a yell. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be told that the work I know is terrible isn’t good enough. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If my mother was not lying she should have cut more, scraped away the rest of the frenum skin, because I have a terrible time talking. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he had come to the end of his adventure, and a terrible end, but the thought hardened him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if these terrible pretties had been made this way intentionally? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m a terrible liar, and I hope he doesn’t notice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Always there were two feelings in the dream—a wild exultation that now I was free of her and...terrible guilt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least it took him away from that terrible image of Mary’s head lying on the bloody newspaper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What have you and Mr. Flux done to bring this terrible plight on Logan County?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Had Lupin forgiven him, then, for the terrible things he had said when they had last met? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They thought they had one chance in this world and it was Willie, and when he lost they felt terrible about that. And they accepted it. They just accepted that they’d lost somebody else.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran straight to my room and climbed into bed early so this terrible day would end. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We didn’t last long there because it was too cold, and she felt terrible when we walked by a freshly dug grave. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t seem such a terrible thing, after all. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Considering your terrible grief, I also took away your dagger, fearing you might harm yourself with it.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Why are you being such a terrible friend?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered how the water kept rising, how a terrible stink began to swell up out of the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, however, Cadmus had to fight and kill a terrible dragon which guarded a spring nearby and slew all his companions when they went to get water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was drinking Kamikazes that night. Something terrible always happens to me when I drink Kamikazes. I wreck my car, I get into fights...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the terrible irony—there was no picture after all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew their terrible life so intimately that I was startled by the immediacy of seeing her in person for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least that’s what she told his paternal grandfather, who is a terrible man—but that’s not a story of any importance here. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Shackleton had always seemed invincible, but even the Boss had been beaten hard by the terrible night. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Had it been a cold, windy night, had he been clever, had we been in a city, I might have woken to find him leaning over my bed, more terrible in moonlight than ever before. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had a terrible disease, tuberculosis, which he had heard about. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was still in that hallway, hearing those screams and their terrible, bloody dwindle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I work at banging the license plate flat again, scribble down Another of those terrible times, and add it to the wall of my room, which is already covered in notes just like this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Worse, that terrible thought is followed quickly by another. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He said the horses were a terrible lot but they were all the horses we had. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She looked like a girl who had had a terrible fright that had turned her hair white. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As Conor watched, the uppermost branches of the tree gathered themselves into a great and terrible face, shimmering into a mouth and nose and even eyes, peering back at him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There are whispers about terrible things happening in Poland, about low-flying planes that shoot women and children, about German soldiers who machine-gun Poles and Jews over mass graves. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then without missing a beat, he proceeded to say what he really wanted, which was more despicable than all the terrible things I had imagined. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to get a whipping and maybe he had done something terrible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a terrible disease that must be if it could kill God in a man. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listed more positives: “Home, & someone to take care of house—Charms of music & female chit-chat.—These things good for one’s health.—but—” There it was again—“terrible loss of time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of those terrible things that sometimes happen in wartime, brought about by an unfortunate combination of circumstances. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Korn, I want to talk to you about the crash this morning. It was a terrible thing to happen, terrible!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A terrible look of mingled fury and fear came over him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s terrible. They’re helpless. Women and little children, being smeared with blood to make sure the beasts attack them!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t for Hitler we’d all be dead an’ isn’t that a terrible thing to say. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Everything is terrible!’ the King of Sweden answered. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good day, Mrs. Cook. It is a pleasure to see you survived the terrible pestilence. Why don’t go we inside where you’ll be more comfortable?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful and terrible at the same time. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was mischievous and a terrible student, but he was hard to beat in an argument. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the news was terrible, and when Kathy saw the picture of the family of five she was ready to turn it off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Horrified and unable to help from the ground where they waited, the pilots of the Rodina had to watch the terrible accident happen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Goddard was in the chapel sanctuary finishing the last of his terrible business. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A terrible noise filled the air, and it wasn’t until Liam was there, holding me back, his arms around my shoulders, that I realized I had been screaming the entire time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It would have been a terrible fight, right then and there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. One-thirty. And at two, a terrible poisonous fog begins there,” I say, pointing at the nearby jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some rocked back and forth, trying to erase the terrible memories of the past few hours. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work she had done in hotels was play compared to the terrible labors she had performed as a slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it hurts my stomach and it makes me feel all terrible inside, and why would I do anything that makes me feel like that?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. You sound funny, though. Either you have a terrible cold or this is a terrible connection. Where are you, anyway?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She could not tell if the thought was terrible or tempting or both, and she and Pearl both wailed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The most terrible thing, and now I've said it out loud, and the enormity of that makes me gasp. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"With those wounds . . . terrible wounds . . . there should be blood all over. Shouldn't there?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And they would have to complete it during the most terrible Russian winter on record. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Yet she was the one who was sending Kaede to do this terrible thing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remember one time, after one terrible incident, nobody spoke to him for over a month. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The inside smelled like vanilla or roses—I couldn’t tell which, maybe both—and her music collection included every terrible power ballad in existence. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“If you ask, ‘Can we make them more terrible?’ the answer is yes,” Oppenheimer told a reporter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, thinking of Gabriel, she remembered Richard—his voice, his breath, his arms—with a terrible pain; and then she felt herself shrinking from Gabriel’s anticipated touch. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Today her skin was smooth, but someday testosterone would grow a terrible beard all over her face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think he ran away? Seems like a terrible thing to do to his parents, after everything they’ve been through.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His father was a stranger during those terrible days, like a sleepwalker going through the motions, like a puppet being maneuvered by invisible strings. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fever gets worse, and during one terrible evening I start to hallucinate. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before, it had been easy to imagine that all these terrible things were some kind of mistake. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sapo opened the car door and a terrible odor rose from inside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jen flicked off the radio and a terrible quiet descended on the beach. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They didn’t go far, but by the time they reached their destination, she was trembling, her muscles would taut, less from exertion than the knowledge that Matthias was somewhere in this terrible place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

J. is easily offended, bursts into tears at the slightest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"And by the way, you look terrible in the morning." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

There were wild dogs, barking incessantly and giving off a terrible stench of anger and fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

You can always count on Olive to point out the terrible stuff. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That was all the information Jody ever got, and it made the mountains dear to him, and terrible. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidings would make a terrible soldier on watch. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tower room held objects that were very dear and precious to Count Olaf, and they were terrible things. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It was terrible,” he told Carmen, his face darkening, his voice dropping down to a whisper. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The terrible foul odor of the dungeon did not bother Mig. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Didn’t she see how terrible her life was? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s own eyes seemed to look into the distance, thinking of the terrible things she had seen and could not heal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He tried his best to step carefully but he seemed to be drawn to things that made terrible noises. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t want them to forget me—terrible Urdu and all. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Then what did you think I was doing in there? I’m pretty sure whatever you were thinking was terrible. But you want me to believe you’re really a nice guy.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is terrible, isn’t it?” he said, but with an expression that indicated that he thought it rather tasteless of me even to use it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he knew that in some places—it had been true, too, in Matty’s old place—people were punished in terrible ways. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I know you were very close ... friends... the two of you. Always to- gether, since you were kids. It’s a terrible thing, what’s happened. Too many young Afghan men are dying this way.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But maybe curses weren’t all that terrible, because he’d saved their lives not only once, but twice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, the way she was yelling at me...you’d think I’d said something terrible.... Then I asked her how much longer she was going to keep it....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The guardian serpent was very terrible, but Medea approached it fearlessly and singing a sweet magical song she charmed it to sleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible impulse to flee, to abandon Peeta and save myself, shoots through me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But in among all this terrible poverty there were just a few great big beautiful houses that were lived in by rich men who had as many as thirty servants to look after them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She wondered what it was like to have a parent who was terrible to you all the time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not long after we arrived, a terrible disease called cholera raced through the camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because while Pong was better than anyone at paying attention, and almost as good as Somkit at waiting, he was terrible at ignoring when things weren't fair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The secrets of Holmes’s castle eventually did come to light, but only because of the persistence of a lone detective from a far-off city, grieving his own terrible loss. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A terrible silence overtook the room, and seeing no other option, I instructed my students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of profound disappointment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

About an hour after midnight the fear fell on them a third time, but it now seemed more remote, as if it were passing far above the clouds, rushing with terrible speed into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“They want to cook you and eat you,” she said distastefully, “which is ridiculous. You’d taste terrible.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It means "terrible lizard" and was a curiously inapt name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sat in a creaky wooden chair near the window, and I could feel a terrible draft. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She still loves you and has made a terrible mistake and is waiting for you downstairs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The proper California School of the Aliens feedback sandwich starts and ends with praise—in between, people say the terrible things they really think. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Arithmancy looks terrible,” said Harry, picking up a very complicated-looking number chart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her words feel terrible, like punches to the stomach, to the heart. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it, the whole terrible story was laid out for me in detail. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He knew how terrible the Waiting Room was—at the very mention of it he had broken into a cold sweat—and he had been the one to condemn Martina with a lie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never forget the stories about Oakwald Forest, legends of dark, terrible glens and deep, still pools, and caves full of light and heavenly singing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he is terrible, isn’t he?” he said, his eyes becoming bright and excited. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He would make the best out of a terrible situation, and that included eating at Fentons. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Inside the Embassy, life was dominated by a terrible paranoia about bugging: often the staff appeared able to think of nothing else," Gordievsky commented. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar had ordered that he be sent unarmed into the arena to be torn to pieces by the other tiger, the terrible man-eater. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But nothing could make me forget the terrible truth that my father was dead at the hands of my husband. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When they toss away all the toys she loves from the tallest tower of the castle, she laughs, even though she feels terrible. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My sister and brother and Daddy are the only ones I feel really comfortable talking to, so I missed David something terrible. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lift up his leg quickly, and topple the terrible bird on to the floor, out of sight, not to have it there, pressing down on his thigh. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder what terrible things forced this family to leave their home forever and escape to a new place where they don’t fit in or speak the language fluently. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They did not tell her this, but they reproached her for hiding her terrible state from them, her own sisters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My hair hasn't been this color since your grandfather died. It quickly turned gray after that terrible day. He always used to like my hair. And what do you think of the makeup?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible temper, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrible part, though, is that I meant it when I asked her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“This is all so unfair. They’re making it like you’re the one who did something terrible. But it was Patrick. And David Marcel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You said I was terrible,” he reminded her, his own voice as husky as hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was no deformity or anything terrible about her death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet despite the horrid weather, the squat sameness of the buildings, and the severity of the youths’ offenses, Chad doesn’t feel like a terrible place. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My eyes scan the hateful phrases written in thick, crooked lines—sloppy writing that screams Go Home, Terrorists, Towelheads, and bad words so terrible that I squeeze my eyelids shut tight. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Someone was filled with a despair too terrible for words! Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In movies, terrible haywire things always happen on people’s last night places. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It must have been a terrible day for Papa when we were born. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I made a terrible racket walking up the steps and almost slipped several times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were terrible men, immensely strong, and such lovers of war and violence that they were completely destroyed by their own hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she would picture Joaquin as a baby, waiting for someone, a family, a person, and that terrible feeling would push its way past her heart and into her throat, choking her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Their bellies ached with hunger, and the earlier thrill of losing a few pounds before pageant time had been replaced with a terrible, desperate longing for food. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see her parents, to not have to sit alone with the terrible numbness that threatened to swallow her up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Your boss, the terrible Mr. Kimbro. We call him 'Colonel,' but don't let him catch you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I want to study, they make a terrible racket. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had wished her out of my life, and she had acquiesced, floating out of her body to escape my terrible hatred. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, he forced the terrible monster to submit to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What time do you have to be home for dinner? I mean are you in a terrible hurry or anything? Do you have to be home any special time?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And I’d be a terrible big brother if I let him walk headfirst into heartbreak.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, I felt terrible when the neighbor’s dog died, never mind if a baby had died. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hug her, because I know these next few hours will be terrible for her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He began by making readers face the terrible illness: “About this time, this destroying scourge, the malignant fever, crept in among us.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was tired of focusing only on my memories of terrible people and the terrible things they’d said and done to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I consider lying, but gorillas are terrible liars. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I suppose that is why doctors and nurses could last through terrible epidemics. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And you have terrible sideburns,” I said, unable to come up with anything better. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing terrible happens—no spills, no surprise loud noises—yet I still count in my head how many times I chew before my sandwich is gone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing, a plague that swept everything before it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They used a hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the soldierwives got into a terrible squabble the day the woodpile froze. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very few people wanted to believe that such a terrible killer could originate in their hometown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

We walked into the night, into the blurring song of katydids, the thud-splat of raindrops on the umbrella, all those terrible rhythms that take up inside when you let your guard down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew that the minute I got cocky—the minute I stopped being pants-wettingly terrified of hollowgast—something terrible would happen. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He and Tessie were stationed at Pearl Harbor, where they lived in austere marital housing and where my mother, at twenty-five, got a terrible sunburn and was never seen in a bathing suit again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Rifthold smells terrible. Too many people. At least in Banjali, the sun burns up everything. And my father’s river palace smells like lotus blossoms.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She worried that their difference of faith would be a terrible void between them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My English was terrible, but my geography was pretty good, and I knew where Ohio was, so we got along all right. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s my friend, and this is my way to defy the Capitol, to subvert its terrible Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull myself up to sit on the edge of the bottom bunk in this tiny, terrible room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But only four days before my birthday, we heard terrible news and Mother canceled the cake. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But why is she wearing those terrible baggy shorts and T-shirt? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His reports home counseled patience, based on the growing recognition within the Directory that the bribery demand had been a terrible miscalculation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I have you at a terrible disadvantage, I realize,” Lady Constance went on. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As I watched him follow the smoldering sailor down the hatch, I had a terrible feeling. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a problem? You're the one acting so weird. A terrible thing is happening to me, and you don’t even care.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To be the grande dame of the beautiful, terrible past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it did, I saw images in the mist all around us: black marble walls rising, the ruins becoming whole, a terrible and beautiful palace rising around us, made of fear and shadow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“His sight and hearing are terrible,” she said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For a terrible moment, Nailer was filled with dread that his father could not die. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The San Antonio was a terrible place to make a season debut after a long layoff. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cap, what are you going to do about the terrible state of cafeteria food?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, he must have many, many tragedies to keep track of. I suppose they nourish him in some terrible way.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You were an inexpressible comfort to me in that terrible place.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, they weren’t really terrible at all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned out to be a terrible person. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Would it be any less terrible if they had all been new men?” he inquired caustically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Like a greedy child gorging on clusters of grapes, the Angel of Death tore all of the beauty and dignity from a person and left behind a terrible, dripping mess. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The giant animals moved about inside the mountains dimly, like shadows, huge, terrible shadows. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am terrible at dancing, since I have no practice in it other than humiliating lessons at school, partnered with Taryn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It looks like a place where terrible things happen. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He feels terrible. He likes you. He really does. It’s just...Well, it’s complicated.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sosie watched her go, feeling a terrible mix of relief and regret. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But during that terrible first week of his life I was racked with the miseries of a weak, sore body and a lost soul. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible cold, and day after day it kept on, and even seemed to be getting worse. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“He thought he saw some one who recalled something terrible, something which led to his brain fever.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He broke in upon her words to tell her what filled his mind so that nothing else could reach it: the terrible words of the oracle of Apollo. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the full and terrible truth, alas,” Horatio assures me, and I see by his eyes that his own griefs have not died, but only diminished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on in a convinced way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The terrible things he promised were already starting to happen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed no hint of laughter or any history of it in this terrible place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we know what terrible wickedness those people are capable of, we can see our duty plainer than ever. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In a jiffy the two boats were in a terrible tangle. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Keep your eyes peeled. You never know when one is going to fall. The only time you don’t see them is when you stop watching for them.” joe missed that, something terrible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Dragon do terrible thing, yes,” I said, struggling for the right words. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede’s fist punches hard into my side, and I feel a terrible, sharp pain. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She pursed her lips.“You know, Caroline,” she said, after a while, “you are in terrible danger.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She bore herself with dignity, and although she was very small she was ready to do battle with all the terrible evil about which I had just heard. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do I feel so terrible now just because I’m worried about Mom and I don’t really understand the alternate world? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Both of them felt terrible about the damage to their planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The terrible claws so close behind slashed harmlessly through empty air. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible blow; but he did not seem to mind it, but seized him also, and struggled with the three of us, pulling us to and fro as if we were kittens. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Gentlemen and soldiers grab their weapons and hurry toward the terrible sound. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Something terrible happened here, I thought, feeling a cold drip down my spine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“This was a terrible case,” he said in a low voice, in English. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Your parents,” Mr. Poe said, “have perished in a terrible fire.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it was terrible and wonderful at the same time.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mami and I felt terrible, as it was our fault that this happened. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“That was terrible. I thought ... I thought it would be . . . Honestly, I don’t know what I thought. I’m not sure I was thinking at all. It was wrong. It was terribly wrong of me.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first woman, Annie Lou, told Stella’s mother, “We heard about the terrible fire last night, and the women of our church decided we want to help that poor family whose house was destroyed.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the second night, I become sick and have a terrible fever. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius led them, bent double, peering at the dry grasses and broken scrub, moving slowly, a terrible air of desperation about him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stood in the sudden breeze wondering what could possibly have done that kind of damage, and began to get the feeling that something terrible had happened here. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Dog days is a terrible time,” the woman said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had noticed with a terrible pang of fear that the drops were falling on a face, depicted in tiny pieces of colored stone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The terrible danger is that we have grossly underestimated their value in keeping at bay a dark tide of enemies that, without their help, can overrun us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But the heat and the walking had taken a terrible toll on Eunjoo and the boys. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was like being a swimmer in a strange and terrible sea. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was using her very angry voice now, and Pinch felt so terrible that his brain raced and he seized suddenly upon a blaming lie. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Taking what we wish, indulging in every terrible thought. There’s safety in being awful.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell myself this terrible letter was just the futile and parting shot of a defeated Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Seeing her coming off the plane and realizing I was jealous of Chas did make me feel terrible about the whole situation. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some poor lost soul had arrived on these terrible shores before me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For all their energy, Cahokia’s rulers made a terrible mistake: they did not attempt to fix the problem directly. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From a mockery the tanks have become a terrible weapon. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a terrible sea, the spiders came for him in a rush, pinching and biting his legs and feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I worry that I look and smell terrible. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But they vouched for the terrible truth of the news, for the new king himself boasted of it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Jack caught it and had fever, chills, and a terrible cough. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know. It doesn’t sound terrible or anything. In fact, my first thought was, ‘Well, good. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He turned the knife so’s he was hanging on to the blade and said, “I’s terrible sorry ’bout this here dagger, sir, but...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

During that long terrible night Odysseus faced the awful thing that had happened and would happen to every one of them if he could not think out some way of escape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had decided it was better for her to learn the terrible news from her than from palace gossip. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I saw the bird, I thought for one terrible moment that she had died. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“This is terrible English,” I said to a classmate as we were reading the play. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still feel awful, as if I’ve been using him in some terrible way. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how when you grow up in a refugee camp, you don’t know how terrible the camp is because you have never known anything better. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With terrible deliberateness Kvothe lifted a blank sheet and lay it carefully in front of the stunned scribe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I let Mom buy me a terrible pink backpack so that she’ll let us leave the store. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano bench. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a welcome sight, but a terrible one. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gained pounds lying continuously in bed, seeking surcease and sublimation in food. Now we must run. I must leave this house. It has terrible associations.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells terrible in here. I’m starting to get worried. How can you live like this?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I saw the most terrible thing,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In another moment he’d set them down on the next jagged peak and, with panic in his eyes, lumbered off to warn the others of this terrible new threat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

If I can give her that, then maybe I can get this terrible man out of my cousin’s life for good and get my mother back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Joining us this morning is someone who has a personal investment in this terrible tragedy: our special guest, presidential hopeful Ladybird Hope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It only seemed terrible now that he was the one lined up in the cold crosshairs of death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It will probably surprise no one to hear that I was terrible at ignoring Ocean. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I walked home, all I could think was what a terrible thing it was that I just did, and I started crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could hardly take in what he was telling me, about how everyone he’d loved had disappeared in one terrible moment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘A terrible row, Ben. I nearly hit her, I came this close ...’ She held out her finger and thumb, a centimetre apart. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he'd spill the beans about the terrible thing she was about to do. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

"Good. He was terrible. I don't like Cohn, God knows, and I think it was a silly trick for him to go down to San Sebastian, but nobody has any business to talk like Mike." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Upon trying to shoot a target, he quickly realized something: He had terrible eyesight. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Because, if she did, something terrible would happen…. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s another thing I hate about North Carolina—terrible radio stations. How many times can I hear the same twenty-year-old grunge band?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A wind scoured through, blowing scraps of refuse past her ankles, and a terrible pit of fear opened in her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And all of us children who were staring knew without anyone having to say it that something terrible had happened to our father. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Yes, but how hard for you too. I’m sure it was a terrible night.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He may be a terrible driver, but I can’t deny that he’s a brain—a very, very big brain—which is why he’s been getting invitations to apply to colleges for years. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fabyan hated to be challenged, and he had a terrible temper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then the same girl that lost her wallet three times already lost it again and come on with the same crying voice saying how terrible she felt ’cause it was missing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I apologize, my lady! How terrible it must be to condescend to answer! Next time, I’ll try to think of something more stimulating to say.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Except for P.E., and that terrible locker room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem was that the other teachers and the principal, Miss Beatty, thought Mom was a terrible teacher. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I followed a murderer down a dark alley where he stalked a young girl — if I saved her, then surely I wasn’t so terrible.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I decide then that love is a terrible, terrible thing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That voice, fair and terrible as burning silver, like moonlight on river stones, like a feather against your lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world,” Truman wrote in his diary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I realize something terrible about my parents. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Pignati, we feel terrible,” I said into the mouthpiece and then handed it back to John. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He needed to be purified, she told him, and only a terrible penance could do that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She just gets like this sometimes. My mom calls it the terrible twos. Sometimes she throws a fit for no reason.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wished we were sitting on my bed together, working on our homework, listening to some terrible pop song Emily loved, giggling about something stupid. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mama said, “It’s been a terrible night for all of us. Let’s go to bed and try to get some rest. Maybe we’ll all feel better tomorrow.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra was too exhausted and emotional to bother with all the terrible possibilities. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And I felt doubly terrible leaving my diary out in the open! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“You mean you live in this terrible place?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

These voices, these quiet words, these footsteps in the trench behind me recall me at a bound from the terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we did was terrible, but still I don’t think any of us were bad, exactly; chalk it up to weakness on my part, hubris on Henry’s, too much Greek prose composition—whatever you like. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z