| 单词 | awful |
| 例句 | Moss tried to see who had said such an awful thing, but it was coming from too far away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Carla and I always made fun of this awful lamp that one of our aunts with poor taste once gave them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I told little Billy here that they were using the big bombing planes an awful lot. His uncle is a bomber pilot. He’s probably flying his plane right now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m in an awful convent,” she said, disengaging herself and flopping down on the floor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get into trouble. Get out of trouble again. Visit jungles and volcanoes and deserts and islands. And people. I want to meet an awful lot of people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “What awful event has taken place?” said she. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fine, Tyler — you look awful, are you all right?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Years later, Oppenheimer would still remember that as “an awful moment.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I need to know,” demanded Jonathan, feeling the dread of coming upon an awful truth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He heard the desperation in his voice, and he turned away so that he didn’t have to see the awful sympathy in Kaede’s face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He just sighs and says, “Skiffy, I’m awful sorry about everything,” and then hides his head under the pillow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I recognised the voice of the awful Hotel Manager, Mr Stringer. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “It was awful. There wasn’t even a computer.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I don’t know how I spent two hours, it was so awful and boring. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard him open the office door and step inside, and then the awful sound of the click as he turned the lock. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They were all being terribly concerned, saying how awful it must be for me, but I could see it on their faces: thinly disguised disapproval. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They behaved as though it were an awful sin to overlook even one of those unspoken rules and step out of “their place,” to cross some invisible line. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching die news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good decision. My wife makes an awful sandwich—I couldn’t bear to eat it today.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “How could they be so awful, and why do they hate us so much?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And Principal Trask making it seem like Bernard’s armband had something to do with the situation with Alex was pretty awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z There was an awful thump and a crack and a scream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z ‘I’ve just had the most frightful dream! It was a nightmare! It was awful!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dearest girl, what is the matter?” cried John, rushing in, with awful visions of scalded hands, sudden news of affliction, and secret consternation at the thought of the guest in the garden. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wrist is aching, the weather is awful, and Penny has a cold,” he explained. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “But it’s awful. They just keep it up till they break you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She began to lie awake listening for the awful sound, until finally, she knew she must send the child away— anywhere, just so she was not breathing this poison air. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “That librarian was awful. She always called everyone ‘young lady’ or ‘young man.’ Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z No. She couldn’t believe I would reblog such an awful picture. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z When Dimple was younger, she’d go running downstairs, heart pounding every single time, terrified something awful had happened. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The awful burning in my gut somehow means I am bad. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Sacrilege! Perhaps the wild god favored us with a blessing. Or perhaps Grover’s music was so awful it scared the enemy away!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I think it’s so awful that you’ve become the odd one out,” I added. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I’m so ready to dump this awful feeling. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I never really thought about—” “Well, I think I know,” Phoebe said, “and it is awful, purely awful.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z And he rattles off a poem by some white guy named Dylan Thomas that sounds an awful lot like rap. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At exactly three feet in height, Holly was only a centimeter below the fairy average, but even one centimeter can make an awful lot of difference when you don’t have many to spare. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’ll do my best to stay awake...but I’m awful sleepy, Daddy.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And I thought, for an awful moment, My God, if this goes on much longer, you probably will. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z ‘She’s a shaking the shroud at me! Don’t you see her? Look at her eyes! Ain’t it awful to see her so mad?’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was an awful thing that he was doing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z What reason could there be for this awful thing happening? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine it: curling my finger around the trigger and squeezing; the recoil and the awful report. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When I cleared the hill, it was awful quiet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re not careful, the viola can make the most awful screech, even in the hands of practiced musicians. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even many, many years later the smell of burnt paper would come back to her as soon as she opened one of the books from which he had read that awful morning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z What had he done that was so awful? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Because it’s actually not awful or anything walking with him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z That night, sitting at the foot of my bed, poking her face in so that the gauzy net was molded to her features like an awful death mask, was the black mother cat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As the room fills with performers and siblings and parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles, I start to feel that awful feeling again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My stomach hurt something awful the next morning. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Gerald, who had seen up close the awful things a drunken man can do, would split a six-pack with Andy and Rob. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Prim just sits on the floor weeping and rocking that awful Buttercup, who interrupts his purring only for an occasional hiss at me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I remember being thrown into a car trunk—my hands tied behind my back, an awful sock in my mouth, tape around my head. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You risked an awful lot on a theory, Artemis.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand how Zara didn’t see that, or get how awful this was for me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The smell of the mint jelly filled the room, heavy and sickly sweet, awful, wafting around him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “And who’s common now, Florence?” he asked, quietly, in the immediate and awful silence in which she recognized her error. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was trying to mask their awful smell. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It looked like some awful torture table, with these metal stirrups sticking up in mid-air at one end and all sorts of instruments and wires and tubes I couldn't make out properly at the other. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I thought Ocean’s mom was awful, but I also knew that I could no longer let him get kicked off the team. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I know that the awful accusation struck not so much at my filial love as at the foundation of my new existence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The violence of it, the awful finality of his command, is shocking. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I worked my way through that awful jungle of junk and finally came to her spot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Amari was rescued by the redheaded sailor, but on most nights she was just another female body to be used by one of the forty or so sailors on board that awful ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z How long I’d been looking at it I don’t know, but gradually I became aware that it was morning, that the pain had receded somewhat, and that I could move around without awful difficulty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It lost an awful lot of juice when all those hailstones hit it in the night. Cut away two more seagulls, Centipede!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And I was feeling so awful that the kindness broke down all my usual defenses. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, that’s awful. I shouldn’t laugh. But I will,” and then she laughed again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They were so awful, in fact, that Jackie had laughed in a friendly way at them, something Terryl appreciated; she tried not to take herself too seriously. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You better not howl,” she told the dog, “no matter how awful the company is.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, Naomi leaned her head on my shoulder and said, “I feel awful. And I’m just so scared.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Natalie is holding hands with a man convicted of some awful crime. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “That sounds like an awful life,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His rotten fish smell was awful, but I held on. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “They always have such awful oral hygiene—my ring always reeks after an hour of granting bereavement immunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I must continue to believe it, because the alternative is too awful. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It flashed from the woodwork and the walls; it smote him with an awful, total power, as if generated by a vast mill. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “And will there be awful meals, with food made from recipes, with garlic and tarragon and broad beans in?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “There, there. Did the awful man scare you? Oh, foo! We can’t have that. Princess is safe now, yes, she is.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll try not to be too busy, but a farmer’s wife has an awful lot to do.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I look ridiculous! These pants are absurd, and this shirt is awful.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And it was awful when they saw a picture of Ryan. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and laughed, even though it felt kind of awful, not telling him the truth. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sound of the wind was awful, like it was crying and lost and scared and not sure what to do except to wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z How awful, I thought, for drug dealers to try to get poor people hooked on drugs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z How awful, we would say, and they were, but they were awful without being believable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re awful glad to hear that the people of Phippsburg will care for us in our time of trouble. But Sheriff, when was the last time Phippsburg sent their taxes our way?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I thought how awful it would have been to awaken on the raft and not know what they looked like. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If anyone in this awful class has an ounce of cooking experience, it’s her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Then began the awful crooning, the grimaced smiles, the mothers clapping for the death of their children to deceive the god. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Holly Paine. Oh, I remember her. Mousy little thing. Does she still wear her hair in that awful braid?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And he wouldn’t have those waking dreams or hear those awful words his mother had spoken to him: What harm? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes narrowed and she’d whisper furiously to herself, like she was discussing with an invisible colleague what punishment was awful enough for you. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther along the road, we saw a black man sitting in an odd attitude by the side of the road, and smellt an awful smell; and when we reached him, we discovered him dead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Weeks go by when Jutta does not allow herself to think of the war, of Frau Elena, of the awful last months in Berlin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After that awful evening, the image of Mr. Harvey erased any hope of my church being safe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m so scared, Jeth. Seems I hadn’t known what war was till Danny Lawrence come bringin’ us this awful word of Tom.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s awful —” They heard the lock slide back and Hermione emerged, sobbing, her robes pulled up over her head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The awful brightness seemed to cut into his brain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sweetie, don’t let them do that to you. You were there for more than forty-eight hours, and that awful part lasted one hour. Don’t let them take that away from you, okay?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve just felt so destructive all week. It’s awful. I’m horrible.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The awful day that she gets to be another year older. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The whole of it was too awful, I had to force it out of my head so I could breathe again. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Oh, how was I going to explain to her the awful need to be quiet? My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For the awful violence of this slaughter, Strauss reserves his angriest, most dissonant music yet. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As the rooms, and the terraces, and the pool deck began to fill with partiers, Rowan began to rise from the funk he had been left in after his awful bout with Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "When I woke up one was kicking me in the face... I got an awful bloody face, I think, Ralph. But I did him in the end." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s terrible. Most of the boys are awful and all they talk about is hunting and killing pigs. I’ve never been so hungry for bacon in my life.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is that awful stuff with close-set, long spikes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have an awful queer way, both of you,” Fiona said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I wished he would at least say or do something, nod his head, smile, even catch me at a mistake—anything but that awful silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “What on earth will we do with this awful cheese?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he made a face like Hanako’s hair looked great, and sometimes he made a face like it looked awful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You look awful,” she said when she saw me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “That horrible little woman, Richard, and right in my face too. It’s so awful!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It may be, too, that he wanted to show in the most startling and shocking way possible how easy it was to deceive the awful, venerated, humbly adored divinities. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s lost an awful lot of blood and he’s a mighty sick dog. All we can do now is wait and see.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t he see how badly I needed to get away from that awful house? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed unbelievable to me that people would stand by while such awful things were happening. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I was gone Observant, my body rigid; and Dr. 09-01 had his arm about me, and was with great effort trying to turn me away, though my gaze remained locked upon the awful spectacle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had wanted more than anything to stay away from that awful place, and yet somehow I knew that it would end there. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There was a symmetry in this, as R-and-W had been the place where I’d spent my first, awful day as a Sing Sing trainee more than eight months before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He said she became obsessed with finding another husband, and that it was awful and painful to watch. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “That’s awful. Yes. Yes, of course. Let us know if there’s anything we can do. Yes—yes, you, too. Good night.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And, most chilling of all to Penelope’s ears: “Those awful children! No doubt they will be sent to the workhouse after this. They are not fit to live among civilized society!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Brian and I had gone swimming once, but Ernie Goad and his friends were there, and they started telling everybody that we Wallses lived in garbage and would stink up the pool water something awful. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They stared at each other a moment in an awful pause, she with a startled, pleading question in her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It looks an awful lot like a life vest, except for the remote coming out of it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She says the most awful things like she isn’t sure God exists. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell that Mrs. Winterbottom was trying to rise above some awful sadness she was feeling, but Prudence couldn’t see that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Is it that awful to just sit and talk to me?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But now that I was back in camp and it was the awful business as usual, my old instinct to survive kicked in again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t do awful, but I didn’t do amazing, either, not like Maggie, who sang her opera song. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Thick black clouds hung heavily overhead as they fled through the darkness, and Milo, looking back for just a moment, could see the awful shapes coming closer and closer. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t that be awful! You'd be all over the papers, Ignatius. The disgrace! You musta done something while you was waiting for me, Ignatius. I know you, boy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when I noticed it was awful big for a kid’s hand. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z But I haven’t yet told you about the one awful thing that tortured little Charlie, the lover of chocolate, more than anything else. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I could hear my watch. mud was warmer than the rain it smelled awful. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod thought of Miss Lupescu and her awful food and her lists and her pinched mouth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And then someone shouts, “Speech! Speech!” like I’ve done something great instead of survived something awful. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But as it is I perceive behind them only the suffering of the creature, the awful melancholy of life and the pitilessness of men. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabelle runs and runs down this awful Pennsylvania road, because now there is a car in a driveway, and its stereo is on, and music is pumping. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I feel awful being mad at you now, but I am. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At the time, I thought it was a real awful curse happening to me, but instead, it turned out to be a big blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Malcolm, ignoring the awful pain in his left arm, rummaged at the bottom of the rucksack for the alethiometer in its black velvet cloth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Thousands of dollars down the toilet, and here I am, dancing to this awful waltz with all of my boy cousins, some of whom I hardly know, most of whom don’t even like me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He turned his eyes on Roza, the scraping, knowing, awful eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was an awful lot that went unsaid when you were with The Ancestors. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of the journey to Japan on the ship and how awful it would be making that same trip back, this time without her parents. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “When you and I went to that awful bar, the one with the TV, and I got so drunk?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s awful that they told Dad’s friend they don’t have another daughter. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “He’s gathered all kinds of mantras, sacred words that will help you. But, be warned, he’s still awful...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “For someone who doesn’t know English too well, you know an awful lot offour~bit words.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful." Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Even if she was in an awful hurry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I feel a sharp arrow of sadness, followed by an awful hardness at the thought. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Boy,” I said, “if my poem was the best, people must have sent in some awful poems.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s awful, telling it like this, isn’t it? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His Noise is awful clear and I mean awful in the awful way. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But the awful part about lunch was the eating part—school food. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I could bear to relive the stupid, awful things I’ve done, to hear the words I said in spite, to remember the look on Tom’s face as I said them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But Taisin couldn’t sleep anymore; her thoughts circled endlessly around Mona’s strange words, the awful vision, and the black mark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Justin and I finally broke that awful, painful stare, I wandered down the hall and back into the party. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Now they were caught up together in a situation that was so awful, she had to grab her head to erase the bloody images from her mind. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a second attempt on Tuesday but don’t manage to leave the house, reading an awful book as an excuse. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “What is that awful noise? It sounds as if someone’s being sacrificed.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have mercy, great sir,” I pleaded, dropping to my knees in terror, for he seemed to know the awful truth of things. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Or are some people so awful that nothing can really get inside them and make a difference? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “A nightmare. Do not tell us any more of your awful stories.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She begged me to be still, but the fever compelled me to repeat my awful tale over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds grew louder—the awful, awful sounds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As soon as the driver started the car, Kainene said, “It’s such an awful joke, isn’t it?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Does this make me feel villainously duplicitous and like the most awful person on earth? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z There are so many awful, violent people living there, I don’t know how you are surviving. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Your limbs ache and your ears ring, as if you were right back in that awful place you tried so hard to forget. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Con feared for one awful moment that he might have to break it, but then, at last, Tali’s mouth opened just enough, and Con slid the stone between his cold lips. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “If this turns out to be a weapon that is really awful,” Sax said, “what you should do about it is tell the Russians.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful truth began to dawn on me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And if not, then could Harry’s death have been more than just an awful coincidence, the result of a foolish choice to pickpocket the wrong man? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Don’t you think Commerce is a awful improvement over a pretty name like Harmony Grove?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There were readings by high-ranking women in the party from Moral Meditations, an awful book just published by Dona Maria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was truly alone in this awful decision. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “In 2015, over one thousand unarmed black people were killed. It’s awful.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He waved it around and shouted all sorts of threats that he could do a lot of awful things to my face with it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, senora. I know my Quichua is awful. I practice every night in my room, but I don’t live with my parents anymore and so I don’t have the chance to talk Quichua.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My body jerked as I remembered how awful my last public speech had gone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I try not to dwell on it too much as Elsie and I get ready, but that only leaves me to think about last night and that awful spell I used. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I smelled awful. So for now,” he cautioned, “just be quiet and think about what I said. When we get to our deer-spotting tree house I’ll go over everything again.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Isn’t she awful?” said Maya, following my gaze. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Despite their awful luck, they always remained hopeful. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “It’s an awful shame about all those Talents, though.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He thought, This is going to be an awful problem for that town in Virginia and those people there. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I can do anything, something comes in from outside; I feel a blow, lie outstretched on the floor, and hear awful growls. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned right as if to make a move, and suddenly I felt an awful burn on my upper right arm before I turned to see him holding a smoking long gun. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s stopped,” I try to say, but only an awful croaking sound comes from my swollen mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I could hear Grandma India’s voice saying, God is always with you, even when things seem awful. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman at the door was an awful sight, frozen half to death. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I shrank into Elnora’s arms, shaking from the awful news, unable even to speak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Grammarbot has gotten a lot better lately, but some awful howlers still manage to sneak by. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually this sort of comment, the kind that hints of his undying love for me, makes me feel guilty and awful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “How awful,” Kaira’s mother said, although she seemed more concerned with her drink, which was now down to nothing but ice. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was awful to see seats at a bus stop marked “Slegs Blancs”—Afrikaans for “Whites Only.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Is it really that awful to want friendships to stay the same? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “You appear to know an awful lot about us, Master Fowl. I don’t suppose you’ll tell me how?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z ‘One of my few musical talents. I do a really awful ultrasonic whistle.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But I still feel awful, as if I’ve been using him in some terrible way. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her mascara ran, staining the collar of her blouse something awful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It must have been an awful moment for him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’ve never felt this helpless, and it’s an awful, awful feeling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z No awful, awful, despairing longing nowhere I can hear or feel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he opened his awful arms and groaned, “Suffer little children to come unto me, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why exactly, but it feels awful. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z After a minute of reading, she said, “This looks awful.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I had to throw away was the rotten ham, which smelled enough like the awful smell at the farm to make me start retching again. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Things might seem awful bad right now, with your new friend gone and your sister at Granny’s and Mother so angry with me, but we’ll get through this. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt awful because he seemed so hurt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z An awful vapor, death itself, filled the air. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then I worked on an awful math problem and translated three pages of French grammar besides. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes. I've got some darbs. But not alongside of this Robert Cohn. The funny thing is he's nice, too. I like him. But he's just so awful." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Realizing that the soldiers were starving was small consolation when, one morning, I smelled an awful sweet smoke as they burned corpses somewhere. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Each time I drifted off I sank down again through the feverish damp scent and dark blue hopelessness of this awful dream. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was seized by an awful desire to laugh. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be one of those awful suspicious wives who go through their husband’s pockets. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As they moved on through the crowd, Brangwain Spurge muttered, “What an awful woman.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Our after-noon on the range made more sense to me as a rite of passage that might bring us closer by making us feel we’d endured something awful together. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes an awful racket, but it kinda makes sense, don’t it? One way to deal with the Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Nobody is trying to fight me, but track is still sort of awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And then she told Keeper how awful she felt that she felt that way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She runs another mile or so away from that awful place, and when it is no longer visible behind her, she slows, and then stops. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Coraline decided that she wouldn’t want to have to sleep in there, but that the color scheme was an awful lot more interesting than her own bedroom. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “I’m not crying. Except for the awful thing you’ve gotten into.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Does his hair look awful from the plane? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The demons these kids ride are awful, and you want to turn away, run away, cover your ears, but you’re forced to listen because it’s “therapeutic.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That didn’t stop my mother feeling awful about it all, though. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In fact he had the awful feeling he wouldn’t see Kate again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Same trees, same sky, same awful weather—I was either drenched in rain or sticky with humidity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "I still don't. Seems an awful shame, two men got nothing against each other go in and try and beat each other's head." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “It really sounds that awful to you? Us together, a little baby?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before I began to restore these women to their dead selves through my awful work, I laid in Dracula’s tomb some of the Wafer, and so banished him from it, Un-Dead, for ever. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Knowing how wondrous are the works of God, I thought that perhaps He—in His awful mercy— was speaking to me with this dreadful vision. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The more I think about it, an embargo sounds an awful lot like the punishment chair at home whenever we misbehave. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words,” said Mrs. Bowles. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have slept through the whole awful ordeal with Tamika. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z All I wanted was for him to leave so I could get out of this awful place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But thet don’t seem so awful as you grow older, son. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Husbands and fathers in Kentucky must have been awful glad when she carried Gerald off to Cambridge. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost,” Rob replied—which was good, because he’d mentioned a moment earlier that he was shaking uncontrollably in the awful cold. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But the Bureau refused, and Moreau’s apprentice started attacking the Bureau with hybrids, including that awful attack last night. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It took me a long time to understand the awful price I’d paid, and that even God has to admit the worth of freedom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful truth appearing to her gradually, like a slowly developing Polaroid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How awful it is to contemplate the accidents that determine one’s fate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They are more like puzzles and games than those awful bubble tests we do, where I just fill in circles without even reading the questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a part of town where our people lived in awful, run-down chicken-shack houses, some in such bad condition that they looked as though they’d fall down any moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Looks awful wild down here,” I said as I paid him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote later to his cousin and good friend William Darwin Fox, “What an awful affair a confinement is: it knocked me up almost as much as it did Emma herself.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t keep it up forever, but I know an awful lot of Robert Burns by heart. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But it was so awful that it made June giggle. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The song changed: Big booming things, Big awful things! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s awful cold in the water. Fire is warm. How did you get him in?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mental terrors, sir! I wish I could believe them to be only such: I wish it more now than ever; since even you cannot explain to me the mystery of that awful visitant.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I understand now that what is shrinking him, what is turning the air around him that awful gray, is defeat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still red from crying, she looked awful tired, and I didn’t quite know how to get out what she needed to hear. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If she was deluding herself, at least it would allow her to get through this awful day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z So many of those who had helped Cora had come to awful fates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the threshold stood Matthew Wood, staring from his awful height at the littered room, the gowns tumbled over chairs and benches, and the guilty faces of his womenfolk. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Her singing is earnest and heartfelt and completely awful. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The sun, behind his head, gave him a halo, but he smelled awful, like old fish and old man, both of which needed a bath. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They were doing something—something awful, to the Tory. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the fan club took turns expressing their admiration for my courageous fight, and their hope that Fig would beat this awful cat killer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Soon, however, I figured out a new way to avoid those awful pills. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, I had the most awful headache.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven rubbed the back of her head and silently cursed her awful luck and that good-for-nothing hexed tree. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Hugo yelled out, and to his horror he dropped the mechanical man, which landed 011 the ground with an awful ringing crash. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z This boy seemed reasonably human, Amber was crammed in a corner making out with his friend, no one had said anything awful, and for Petey that was good enough. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wanted to forget that awful, horrible day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It’s one awful day to be digging clams,” called Mr. Eason. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I imagined future commands, awful ones, ones that would kill me, and I glowed at the idea of obeying them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “A number of children came to us during those awful years leading up to the war. There was so much upheaval.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It is all right, Kingshaw told himself, it is awful, I am going to be sick, I shan't be sick, I am not afraid, it's all right. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Isabella must’ve caught whatever her dad had, because she looks awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z There was an awful silence at the bottom of John’s mind, a dreadful weight, a dreadful speculation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Jack, faced at once with too many awful implications, ducked away from them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "How awful," she replies as she shakes her head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Because Calista was telling the truth, and I knew it—my Donut Man drawing was awful. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It was an awful thing to see them riding through in white robes with torches burning, guns shooting up the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then Valley would do another awful thing and Seven wouldn’t feel so bad for her anymore. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I ordered Conche by mistake yesterday in a restaurant it was awful but Henry ate it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There is one awful day with the Mosses that is most vivid in my mind. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “So that’s the only reason you drank that awful stuff this morning? So you could steal a teacher’s pen? For money?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It is awful to see him in so much agony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He stunk something awful, but he was so pleased with himself that it was hard to fault him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tucker stood behind him, his face twisted with that awful pity. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But the blade’s so short, he’ll have to be awful close for me to cut him, so I get the broom too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And the best part is, the comments section of the article isn’t filled with trolls calling the people in the article awful names. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I thought the way he treated you was just awful. I wanted to cry. I just wanted to kiss you and make it better.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At first the taste in my mouth gets even worse; it’s something thick and awful, like tar all inside my mouth and down my throat and up my nose. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Remember this is a girl who wept to save that awful old cat, Buttercup. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She remembered that awful moment of the slap, the automatic rage inside her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He never stopped talking, and what was awful was, he never said anything you wanted to hear in the first place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Clearly, the man on the stand had done something so awful, so abhorrent, that it must be a death penalty case. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard so many awful things about La Llorona that I couldn’t help it, I pulled away from her and took a few steps back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I thought so, but then I looked at the poster more closely and it’s a different photo of you. Same awful sentiment, but it isn’t your old freshman directory photo.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Well, it was awful to think what it had taken to make Grandpa treat Loma and Uncle Camp nice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That’s a burden that a man has to carry upright, sir, and I may suffer—I may suffer awful, boys—but weep me no tears.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He holds on to my braid, staring down into my face with hungry eyes and a small, awful smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t do that awful grownup thing where he looked at her parents or siblings to translate what she had said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z You don’t know how awful it is till you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I thought about the fallout—the weirdness I would inevitably be forced to deal with at school the following day—I felt awful and embarrassed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They would try to harmonize but always sounded kind of awful. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “It was an awful time,” the Uncle said, his cheeks red. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Looks like he’s been caught doing something awful, when I can tell all he really wants is to follow along beside me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I am awful at science, but half of the packet is just filling in the periodic table. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a really funny and excellent guy. I used to ride on his back all the time, and now, it’s so awful to think about!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For a vague second he thought it was the sound of a man in awful pain, many men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing for him to do at the office; it must be awful to feel you’re not needed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She told Daddy all my sins and started to cry, which made me cry too, and I already had such an awful headache. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Now that it’s been a while since that awful practice meet, people have stopped teasing me about how “gracefully” I fall. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I searched for something that wouldn’t sound as awful as the truth. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And then, because it's Effie and she's apparently required by law to say something awful, she adds "I wouldn't be at all surprised if I finally get promoted to a decent district next year!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Remember when we used to put on those awful flashing colored lights?” his mother says now when they are done, shaking her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, that’s awful,” I gasped, and imitated Mr. Huffer’s sad face, but inside I was thinking, Great, this will get me out of digging. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Friendly but never gushing, cool but not frigid or distant, distinguished without the awful stiffness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Vinny was truly genius at being awful while looking incredibly nice. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Mainly it was to stop the awful sounds coming out of you. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And I know it’s hard, and the other kids are awful, but you have to learn to be okay with that, because — there are worse things, okay? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He shrank from the idea and tried to turn his mind away from it, for it was too awful to contemplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Things was awful bad with so many kilt and others froze. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “A few stores down from me there’s a carpet shop owned by a Pakistani man. It was vandalized the other night—the windows broken...awful things written in spray paint.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I feel a pang of remorse about yesterday, the awful things I yelled at her as Peeta and Haymitch dragged me from the kitchen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was an awful tangled mess, but after chopping some braces away there was room for him to wiggle through and get inside. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “And it’s just awful what happened to your friend the other day,” Rebecca added, returning with the hot sauce, which she dropped off next to Bits. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z An awful, wonderful nervousness seized me around the throat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was awful, and yet was one of the few expressions of religious freedom left in a world that had laid its various gods to rest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Twelve men killed—how ghastly, how very, very awful! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They made you feel so awful and ashamed that you wanted to leave. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The preacher said, “God won’t forgive this awful thing he did.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I think of living without the fear I just experienced, and for one awful second, I am tempted. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There were plenty of deer and it was an awful nice feeling to have a deer hanging in the barn, knowing that we were going to eat well. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but she takes such a pride in it all. It’s so awful to think nothing in there has ever been broken before. It had to be me.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I feel awful, but then I conjure Rhiannon’s voice in my ear, telling me I am doing the right thing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But a proposition on “The True Foundation of Knowledge” was as awful as Mrs. Cobb’s seeing him in his underwear in her kitchen. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I knew the Catholics thought killing yourself was an awful sin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Billy said there was an awful lot about men and women I didn’t know. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The howling wind and pounding rain made a frightful noise, and yet through it all a single, chilling sound could still be heard—the awful tolling of the church bells. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I blame an awful lot of things on the ghost of Aunt Ahra because she died in our house when she was eighty-two years old. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z For a sickening moment Penelope thought that the dead creatures draped around her neck had miraculously come to life and were now seeking some kind of awful revenge. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “His stage presence is awful, and he has no sense of style.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had indeed been an awful strain on him; and had he not been forced to his task by more than human considerations he could never have gone through with it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I could be in awful trouble taking risks like this for you. I hope you know that.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Or Mrs. Martin for wearing that awful yellow silk every other Sunday?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her eyes said with unmistakable clarity, “God . . . isn’t it awful?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m so sorry. That must hurt something awful.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “And you are good. Most things are awful most of the time, but you’re good.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It all went around in my head for a few weeks: the pain, the risks, the uncertainty, and the awful, enticing thought of blending in. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But something really awful has been going on, and the best approach is just to be honest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Tobias is so awful I don’t even find jokes about him funny. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t fine. It was awful,” I said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him how awful I felt, to console him somehow, to make it all better for him, even though it was me who had just been with the girl he loved. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Of course the Black girl from the projects would have an awful badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The awful thing is that if I can forget they're people, it will be no different at all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Red shrugged, and I suddenly had the awful feeling that he’d already found the letter opener and thrown it away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an awful lot to take in, this elaborate plan in which I was a piece, just as I was meant to be a piece in the Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For an awful moment I was afraid we’d come to the wrong island or, worse yet, that the home was just another thing my grandfather had invented. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Big Friendly Giant followed behind them, but he had an awful job getting through the door. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the awful weight lifted, and a nudge from a boot flipped her over effortlessly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He couldn’t understand what that thing was that was biting his foot, and he was making an awful fuss about it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This was before our forces landed on such awful places as Tarawa and Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about how we were homeless for one night, and that was awful. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even though she was ashamed of herself for believing such awful things about Nehemia, knowing that Dorian and Chaol were safe made the misery worth it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “But there are some awful sick kids. The Ransel kids have all developed mastoiditis.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something about him that makes me feel as if I’m smeared in an awful, warm goo. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z From my parents’ awful plan to give up Sir Fig Newton for adoption, to my epic fail with the lemonade stand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Well, I understand that this is a devastating loss for Alaska’s close friends. It’s just awful. There’s no comfort to this grief, is there?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s an awful lot to do,” she says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Your big trip to NYC was awful because people were rude and it rained the entire time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This was followed by an awful splintering noise as the enormous rainbow snapped right across the middle and became two separate pieces. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Up until that moment, no one had dared to speak the awful words out loud. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 Does that make me an awful human being? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “That they call you Spaceman. I’m sorry. That must have been awful for you. The thing at the pep rally.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Of course, Father thought he could—but even so his scheme had an awful lot of ifs in it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was awful, everybody crowding around like I was a side show, asking how’d it happen and what was I doin’ on the trestle anyhow, and what you mean, ran over? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That’s an awful lot of money,” she said in all honesty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him, and I am telling you now, that although she’d been savaged by her awful disease, she was a beautiful woman. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I knew Miss Love thought it was awful of Grandpa to hold Mr. Clem to the drawing, but he just laughed when she said so. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve been missing Greenwood something awful,” I said, “but Arizona’s not all that bad. I’ve got two brothers and two sisters now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Did he really think I was that awful that I would have been rooting for some seventh graders while they beat Auggie up? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “They are so awful I can scarcely stand to touch them.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It must have been awful for her when she found out about him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I know ’cause she gives me this real awful look, like the cashiers in the grocery store. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Jocko’s head lolled, and I could not but recall that awful vision, the insensate head of the dead sniper upon the stairs, cheek pierced by our musket-fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He didn’t know whether he could endure the awful loneliness any more. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After four nights of awful sleep in the rover, my bunk felt like the softest, most profoundly beautiful feather bed ever made. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times a day, for an hour at a time, they corral you into a circle and force you to listen to things that are so awful you can’t purge them from your mind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was overcast, and in the grey light the town looked awful, soot and ash everywhere. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that the truth was almost as awful as a night terror. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z An awful tingle, cold and liquid, went up and down my spine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I waited for the train to move again, to take us into that awful factory, but we didn’t move. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z "Like those awful people. Those awful dead people at that hospital." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In his mesmerizing voice, Shelton laid out the awful plot against the white race and its pinnacle of nobility, Southerners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s awful what happened to him, isn’t it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I feel awful about ruining everything—her clothes and mine, especially the Ti-grrlz birthday top. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When I said I couldn’t get away, he called me a thousand times that day insisting he had to see me or something awful would happen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My hip bones and ribs are more prominent than I remember them being since those awful months after my father's death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He looked awful, really chewed out, a shadow of his showy self. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t bother to say “I told you so,” even though his awful predictions about integration causing trouble had for the most part come true. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With his eyes closed and his mind open he lay on die rock through the night, lay and hated and wished for it to end and thought the word Clouddvwn, Clouddown through that awful night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm honest. It's the world that's awful. Now fly away, little bird, I'm sick of you peeping at me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The morning after I had the awful thought about the wood, I got up early. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since she’s had the twins. I feel like I barely see her. And now our house is gone, and everything is awful. We haven’t worked on a Harriet story in almost a year.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It will take an awful lot of weeping to convince anyone to overlook him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z What does Maddie not understand about how awful it feels to be made fun of for just existing? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He hoped a nod wasn’t the same as an out-loud lie, since he might need one in the near future and didn’t want to waste it when things weren’t too awful. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hear any more, not today; today was already awful enough and it was not vet ten thirtv in the morning. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was awful. Embarrassing. Mortifying. You know how loud my mother talks.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Behind that longed-for sound was another noise — an awful tumult that my mind shied away from. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The hot, heavy feeling inside him made him do the most awful things, and as soon as he’d done them he felt extraordinarily pleased and glad and thought out some more at once. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Those are awful,” warned a woman passing with a cart. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He really did look an awful lot like Magnum, PI. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t know the details. The Grievers do bad things to you, make your whole body go through something awful. When it’s over, you’re . . . different.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “W asn’t that awful. The police arresting one of they very own.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they seem to be in an awful stew about something.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Each of the three camps where they’d been imprisoned had been different, all awful, but not in exactly the same ways. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The coincidence struck me as too awful and inexplicable to be communicated or discussed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I drew my hand away, frightened at touching such an awful thing inside her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “It was. But awful things happen to lots of people.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Amma grew up in an orphanage and said it was awful. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She could go away and forget this awful kingdom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We may be sure, however, that this exportation is transacted not simply for the emoluments of sale, but for the instruction of awful example. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Their sharp, downy, dead faces have the awful expressionlessness of dead children. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday we had mashed potatoes, grapes, chicken glass of milk each ice cream each a big sauce dish full awful good too lemon pie cake don’t you think that is pretty good.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Dora, sitting enthroned, said, “Doc, play some of that nice music. I get Christ awful sick of that juke box over home.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was awful, listening to Grandpa cough and hack and moan. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Water filled Harry’s eyes and mouth: He could not see or breathe: Then, with an awful lurch, the cart flipped over and they were all thrown out of it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I could be having a boring or awful or just not very fun day, and then as soon as I started playing my trumpet, it felt like the skies were opening up. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Sister,” Antain said, feeling a familiar stab of shame just thinking of that awful day when he left the Tower with a note. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It’s awful. I have the grace of a landslide. Flexibility of an earthquake.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She was knocking sheets of water high in the bright sun, charging with her fur up and her long teeth bared, filling the canyon with that awful coughing roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The slightest movement and then an awful growl; I lie still, then try again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve saved us all from that awful trudge through the heat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There’s a smell on that stage, thick and reeking of tension something awful. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a relief, I suppose, because I’d been imagining all sorts of awful things. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The arm that curved out of the shift’s white sleeve was muscled by field labor, awful thin, but smooth as a child’s. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She still crying and she look awful confused. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I would cover my head up because I didn’t want to hear the awful things they were saying about us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Then for the first time the awful aloneness hit him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They probably figured that my twisted criminal mind had made me do something awful again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps Irwin had injured me in some awful, obscure way, and all the while I lay there on Joan's sofa I was really dying. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 “It’s awful, Ximena,” I said, biting the inside of my cheek. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Bridge had always worried that it might be awful to kiss Sherm. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “I feel awful. I was—I dunno. All the times she should have been there the past few years, it caught up to me.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It hurts something awful. Say I said for you to go.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I go through mv awful, achingly familiar ritual of trying to remember exactly what I did. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If you even think you can picture how awful it was, you are wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But everything else was awful—Father being gone and me being alone in the snow and dark and hours to go before I got home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought something awful would happen to my mother if she were even a little bit upset. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The really great thing about laughing was that it made me forget about the strange and awful feeling in my legs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It would be truly awful to hear Furball whine right now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The first one is awful, but by the hundredth, well, you hope those people are all just talk.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He got to his feet, swaying from stiffness, trying to shake off sleep and that awful dream. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Something awful has happened to the tank!” she shouted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, Jacob—oh, goodness. I’m making an awful mess of this. It’s none of my business. Really. Please forgive me.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z "This awful aunt," Matilda said, "I suppose she is still living in your lovely old house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Now I don’t say that an awful lot of people have this man’s sense of things. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been hankering sweets something awful. My gran used to whip up cakes out of nothing. I figured I could do the same.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "I feel awful-" High above them from the pinnacles came a sudden shout and then an imitation war-cry that was answered by a dozen voices from behind the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Here she is, merely twenty years old and thousands of miles from the pastures of France, washing out the dressings of lepers and awful miscarriages, yet she’s electrified by my narrow escape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped the birds had already sensed that something awful was about to happen and had flown away, though it seemed improbable. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If Jeanine can make people believe that my father and all the other Abnegation leaders are corrupt and awful, she has support for whatever revolution she wants to start, if that’s really her plan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But they weren’t—Luna could see the awful hunger of the Sorrow Eater. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that Seabiscuit’s lameness was a ruse designed to avoid a loss to War Admiral, and an awful lot of people believed it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to the girls, his eyebrows knitted in that oh-I’m-so-sorry-for-you-NOT way that only truly awful people can pull off. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I fell in and out of sleep under a strange dream of awful weight that I had to move to free myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This awful day was almost over, and once Papa arrived, everything would get better . . . somehow. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I had the awful urge to pop the guy in the face when he came around to use the showers too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an awful day in nearly every way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z However, he did tell them that whatever chemical they had used to reveal the invisible ink had smelled awful. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Jesus!” he exclaimed, and then added, “This is awful. This is not fun drunk.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Not just a scream, but a sound that was like something awful and almost inhuman. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For all its horror, you can’t help but gape at the awful majesty of combat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It is nothing but an awful spasm of fear, a simple animal fear of poking out my head and crawling on farther. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His life was pointless, aimless, and it was true that he didn’t concern himself an awful lot about other people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They dreaded the awful tauntings of irresponsible white men, the jailing, the frames. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t that awful. And right in front a weenie wagon. Ignatius, I think you need help.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner wondered what was so awful about going out in Reverend Griffin’s dory. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Both weapons were blunted, yet still they raised an awful clangor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Although, truth be told, it had probably been an awful lot worse. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z On the way to Corbin Lancelot had a strange adventure, which he remembered for many years with awful grief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was like a rock, a dead man’s body, a dying bird, fallen from an awful height; something that had no power of itself, any more, to turn. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Will’s feet were sore, his bones were exhausted, and he missed Sally something awful. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I realized he was making an awful fuss, and decided it was because he was trying to gnaw through ice to get in. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you talk to this reporter? She seems to know an awful lot about you and your new word, young man.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This cold is beating me up something awful! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Hard to miss you with that awful dog barking so much.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’m a shrimp worker. I’m forced to shell shrimp for 18 hours a day for pennies in awful conditions. Here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “It must be exceptionally awful to be you today. I bet all the ladies were begging you to protect them from the murderer inside our walls.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I know, those windows are awful high. I never tried to clean them before.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A friend who shares this awful thing, this feeling like maybe the world sort of hates you because of the color of your skin. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Thirty traps, that’s all it was. Kept me awful busy, though. Thought my arms was going to fall off the first few days. Then I got used to it.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes darted around a little bit, like she was expecting something awful to happen but didn’t want to show that she was expecting it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the groin.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z On Monday Holmes allowed a letter from Mrs. Pitezel to reach the children, which prompted Alice to write an immediate reply, observing, “It seems as though you are awful homesick.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Mr. Deckard, you look awful. So tired. And god, your cheek is bleeding.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “When we found out you had vitiligo, I was so worried that your world might become a cruder place. I know how awful kids can be about stuff like this.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The person who did something awful, or the one who’s horrified by the awful thing you did? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z With a deep breath that made him aware of the awful smells of the people around him, Mark turned and faced the stairs again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And soon the sky seemed to wrap itself around them, a glittering blanket to protect them from the awful sights and sounds and smells of their ruined neighborhood. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z His father’s face, always awful, became more awful now; his father’s daily anger was transformed into prophetic wrath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I lasted almost all day without earmuffs, even though silent reading was loud, lunch was awful, and recess was worse. It didn’t work.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Surely this woman who had helped her out, who had laughed with her and shared Ophie’s excitement over stories, surely she couldn’t be awful? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I try to keep my eyes on him, but his smile—how the piercings pull wide when his lips spread—is almost too awful to take. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z That makes it difficult for an inventor to foresee whether his or her awful prototype might eventually find a use and thus warrant more time and expense to develop it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Holding a hand over my mouth to muffle my frantic breathing, I gaped at the trunk as though the awful contents might crawl from it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She never talks about him now—just how awful men are in general. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And there were good times too, gay times before the awful storm that broke over our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By then I had figured out it was something awful and dirty. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean the world is really awful, Ocean. People are super racist.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe I will lose him in a parking garage or forget him at school. Maybe I would teach him awful tricks. Maybe he would blame me for all this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As she jogged up her front steps, something ugly and awful was forming in my mind, but I couldn’t quite find the right words for it—or I didn’t want to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “There was an awful silence, and then Mama said, ‘Hush! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She was awful pretty and I hoped that she would notice me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’m nervous or sad I also fall prey to the awful itch from filaires, tiny parasites that crawl into your pores and cause a flare-up every so often. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The seats were tattered, and there was an awful smell of chemicals and oil and the loud sound of the engine roaring as the bus pulled away from the curb. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But, as usual, I was simply relieved that nothing awful had happened under my watch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not everyone thought he was so wonderful, you know—he trod on an awful lot of important toes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A part of me regretted making her miserable in this way—I think some of her pills made her feel even more awful than she already felt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Too awful,” Bernard hypocritically agreed, wishing, as he spoke the words, that he could have as many girls as Helmholtz did, and with as little trouble. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I told June what I was doing at lunch, like I was confessing something really awful: “I’m pretending you’re my girlfriend today.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And he didn’t think Dill would understand because his family was so awful. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Would it be just me and John playing “The Final Countdown”? That would be awful! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “That must have been awful to hear about it,” she says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It is an awful hush,” Anthony wrote to a friend. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It happened on the fourth day of fall. I remember because it was our first practice since summer and I had awful cramps,” October said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Elizabeth had never fully regained her composure following her awful encounter with the mob. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought, by that awful pit, do nothing? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It was awful,” she said, her eyes red, her face puffy. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Good awful girl,” he soothed her as he ran. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z However, I do not wish to witness the awful spectacle of the Negroes moving upward into the middle class. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The people are awful this year. You should see what sits next to us in the dining room. At the next table. They look as if they drove down in a truck.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z TJ falls over backward, laughing something awful, but I don’t find a darn thing funny. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That sounds an awful lot like what Max told me she has. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I guess it’s a little awful that we have five computers—Shady Creek is that kind of suburb, but still. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He came as she had asked, and before that awful glory of burning light she died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this was because he didn’t hear that awful noise. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Well—Daddy. He’s been in an awful mood the last three weeks. Awful. At least, around me. And when I got home last night he started that again.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In one awful flash, I sank into a cavern of dark cloth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t it awful of me to be so preoccupied with myself? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “It creates an awful stench, yes, but no one dies from a bad smell. If they did, every farmer spreading manure would be long dead and us city-dwellers all hungry!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt so awful that I thought I was going to die. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z An awful lot like most American businesses, actually, though perhaps none more so than McDonald’s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “It was awful, Faizah,” I said, as I felt the tears forming again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As I refill my pack I have an awful thought. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That’s how it is with people who are plotting something awful. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Alby remembered how awful his life was before he came here and he didn’t want to go back. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Remember that awful Thanksgiving at my parents’ house?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But it was awful in two ways, he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I saw the most awful tramp outside,” one of the women complained. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Say the word, my sweet, and I will send you from this awful place. I will find a ship somehow and send you home. To Naath.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She turned away, but not before I saw she was coughing up awful stuff. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His breastplate was the aegis, awful to behold; his bird was the eagle, his tree the oak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise the next black person who comes in will get awful service, because waiters groan when they get a black table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I felt in that moment that his death had just been an awful dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “From what I can see,” he said, “there are three large scars—and perhaps some smaller ones. Not as awful as I expected, but...well, the dresses can cover it, I suppose.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I would have been glad to stop for any excuse, even that awful tea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I did indeed,” I agreed, hoping I wasn’t agreeing to anything too awful. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s awful nice of you to offer. But I’m feeling a little spent this morning and need a bit of a lie down. Besides, Miss Sadie’ll be expecting you,” he said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Harry, I don’t know....There are an awful lot of things that could go wrong, so much relies on chance....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “That’s awful! Did they really do that? It’s depraved! You mean a live lobster?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Just an awful smell of bleach mixed with sweat and vomit. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I needed to hear her take on the awful situation that was tearing my sister apart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Truly, my guess was inspired, given how awful her drawing was. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I only hope he isn’t as awful as his sister. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Valley might hate me for it, but I told my parents about her dad. He’s done awful things to her in secret, and Valley shouldn’t have to go through that alone.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z So when I left I'm sure I was just another item on a long list of awful things that had happened in our neighborhood in the past year. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z House Hyacinth got the loudest cheers yet, and the awful truth truly sank in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m thirsty and Mama will be awful upset if she finds out I was clear out in the woods. It must be near midnight.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z No one had to tell us something awful had happened at Crownsville—we could feel it in the walls. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Haukelid was awful to look at,” Nielsen later said, “with a dense beard, and marked by the tough life in the mountains.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was what many Nikkei believed about most any awful situation. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Why Peeta took a beating to give me the bread on that awful hollow day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I felt awful because I wasn’t able to be by her side to support and coach her during this really important tournament. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “She likes them to know, the fool. She wants them to thank her when she gives them one of her awful gifts.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z This filled Ammu with an awful dread, because she was not the kind of woman who wanted her future told. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Amil was awful at cricket as usual, his skinny arms barely able to make a solid hit or throw, but this was just a party game, nothing serious. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "I can see. It is awful. But I'm not sure there's much that we can do about it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z That first time the guard brought Branwell into the visitors’ room, he looked awful. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Talc saw again Mr. Reilly with his massive muffler and that awful girl anarchist with the valise who traveled around with Mr. Reilly and littered the campus with leaflets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she said, “I started reading Johnny Tremain, and it turns out it’s actually not so awful. Maybe you should try it again.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Which is pretty awful if you think about it, ’cause no kid should have to feel alone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “You got to be awful rich to dress as bad as you do,” he said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something awful about the way he was speaking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Besides, the boy’s folks said it was an awful war, cursed it, spat on it when they could. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He had stared at this, an awful bitterness in his heart, wanting to curse—and the Spirit spoke, and spoke in him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was like his frozen breath was spelling out the awful words. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nature was here something savage and awful, though beautiful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Q: How is it possible that humans invented something as amazing as an airplane and something as awful as a nuclear bomb? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not fair, not fair—it’s my party and all anyone wants to talk about is these awful, awful children. The little one almost bit me yeshterday, you know,” she remarked to no one in particular. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I rose up suddenly, terror-struck at the solitude which so ruthless a judge haunted,—at the silence which so awful a voice filled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You know how sick a kid could get from swimming in that bad water? Same goes for the fish and the dolphins and the baby turtles. It sucks, what Dusty is doing. It’s awful.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I know that I have an awful temper that is often impossible to control, but this woman is something special. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I was urging everyone on, knowing I had an awful fight against time,” Burnham said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For somebody who has talent, she spends an awful lot of energy hiding it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too much, too awful, and for now we just wanted to recover and forget. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “You’re going to look awful tomorrow,” I warned, hoping to appeal to her vanity. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess there’s no way to make it up to you, Winnie, but I’m sure most awful sorry it had to happen like that. Who was this man you saw?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid it isn’t convenient to talk now. We’ve had the most awful burglary.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She kept saying “how awful” in shocked tones. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Good God. That’s awful,” I said, surprised that I actually meant it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And yet, I was an active member of this sorority and I was allowing all of these awful things to happen to them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z On the shady side of the Target, Hali runs into her friend, Sydney, who is famous for talking an awful lot but saying absolutely nothing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Kiev said that he, too, felt awful about the loss of so many lives, but unlike me, he had no “survivor’s guilt.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As I walk away, my stomach feels awful, which is weird because I didn’t even eat anything. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She saw him coming from the outhouse with a queer loping gait, swinging his head from side to side and his jaws clenched in a funny way This was too awful! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt like going down to him on my hands and knees and apologizing for being such an awful liar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was glad, because the ninety-five-degree heat in the summer was awful, and all I could deal with was my loose-fitting jeans. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Saint Augustine’s doesn’t look awful in the picture. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I feel awful noticing his forehead, but I do. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He groped for what he knew had been there, and all he fished up was the awful word Weep, slick with wrongness, damp as bad dreams, and tinged with its residue of salt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was awful to say, but in some ways walking in the desert, at least when we still had water, might have been easier for him than being cooped up like this. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Now you’ve had your lesson. You don’t have to go back to that awful school anymore,” our neighbor Mrs. Floyd said as Grandma ushered me past her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere, looking out from the shadow, I seemed to see the high lights of the Count’s evil face, the ridge of the nose, the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “It is so awful—Billy Boy—to look on the face of death like that—the beckoning face. I’ve been pretty close myself at times—but it’s so different when it’s one’s Mother.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z How awful it would have been to have returned home without proof of her triumph! In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I tell her I have an awful stomachache and a headache and convince her to pick me up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt awful uncomfortable to see her at the wagon, but it would of been disrespectful to let on about that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas thought his neck must hurt something awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Had our share of casualties because of this awful war. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside of the car, there was an awful storm. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And what I’m tasting right now is pretty awful. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “And it still took me a while, but around her, I felt...well, I felt awful. Anxious and sick to my stomach. And I stumbled over my words. It was terrible.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I thought about what an awful day it had been. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Lina thought how awful it would be to work down here all day, every day. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s so awful that many publications even cheat to avoid it, and write “The Raven’s”— definitely incorrect, although much prettier. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me tell you all the awful things that have happened and that are still hanging over our heads. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The door lever was left of the driver’s seat, and as she walked toward it, she heard an awful racket behind her. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z So when I’d found a chess set at a Sale and decided to buy it—despite it costing an awful lot of tokens—I was counting on Ruth’s help. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes buckled in a vacant-mouthed terror and she saw the awful surprise in his face and answered it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “This may sound kind of absurd, but”—Tamika leaned in, her face hard and serious—“when things were really awful with my uncle, I survived thanks to my flower.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This man looked like that awful Adolf Hitler. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The smell was awful and he couldn’t place it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Annemarie had her birthday party with two cakes, an awful one that Julia and I made for her and a really good one her dad made. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Eb thought the Confederate General Pemberton, up in Vicksburg, was beginning to sweat, and that was fine—but the mosquitoes were awful, and lots of the boys were sick with malaria. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When there were only three weeks of the Summer Term left, an awful thing happened. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The county jails where Walter had been housed before his transfer were awful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I so want to believe him when he says that I don’t have to be the awful thing people say I am. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “As awful as Blechhammer had been, I knew what to expect. Now I had to start over in a new place, and Aaron was not there to help me.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I had an awful headache yesterday and went to bed early. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, I was afraid to go out for recess, since I figured that Mrs. Baker had probably recruited an eighth grader to do something awful to me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z "They do have some rather awful things happen to them," Brett said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Pretty Boy was lying awful still, not moving. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sort of funny, though, in an awful way, and I started to sort of laugh. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It was an awful lot of water and very little coffee but Mama put a lump of chicory in it which made it taste strong and bitter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But everything was unlikely these days, and Reynie preferred almost any explanation to the one that seemed most plausible: For some awful, unknown reason, Mr. Benedict had tricked them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was driven to the left and for an awful moment nearly tumbled over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kind of hard to explain, but I guess I was tired of feeling like I was this awful kid. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I’m sure it was something awful,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I love you so and it’s been awful. You won’t go away?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Of the three Greystone kids, only Chess remembered the awful day their father died. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Shouldn’t the punishment for failure be the awful knowledge of that failure? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mom was wearing this awful robe she bought herself last month. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On that first awful, awkward visit, a uniformed guard stood leaning against the wall, watching us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Reynie felt awful, and now to make matters worse, he smelled something awful, too. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Even with the memory wipe, he felt sure he’d never seen something so truly awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The coffee made my stomach feel a little better, but I still had this awful headache. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She pulled David toward her again, her fingers digging into the leather of his jacket The cold, her aching muscles, the awful thing she had just learned, all of it just made this feeling stronger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then I spotted a wine for twenty-five bucks, an awful lot for a bottle from an area not generally known for its wines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I was fascinated by it and I kept wondering what awful thing had happened that time when she had met a witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z There was a great column, all down the front page, and an awful blurred photograph of Maxim that must have been taken at least fifteen years ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He got Ob through an awful Christmas by bringing over a one-thousand piece jigsaw puzzle of the Great Pyramids Christmas morning. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “It seems like you’re in an awful hurry to stock up.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z While Mrs. Reilly arranged her cake boxes on the bar, Ignatius spread his expansive nostrils and said, “My God, Mother, it smells awful. My stomach is beginning to chum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d slide this awful story off my shoulders, flatten it, sketch out our crimes like a failed battle plan and shake it in the faces of my neighbors, who are wary of me already. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And then those awful teeth came unlocked, its mouth reeling open to admit three wiry tongues into the air, each as thick as my wrist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Well, he wasn’t as good a man as I thought, Scoob-a-doob. Did a number of awful things and hurt a lot of people.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It could betray to our peers the awful truth that we are still greenhorns, tenderfoots, newbies. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Standing on the sideline for this game was a pleasure after that awful time we had at Palmetto. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was awful; when you looked up a person, you were supposed to see stories about their life, not their terrible death. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I heard he was going to be the master of ceremonies for that awful talent show they have. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to put a thought together in his mind, and she had an awful suspicion what it was: This strange animal has been following us for days. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear everybody breathing; quiet, measured breaths that came and went with awful regularity, four sets of lungs, eating at the thin oxygen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bunny’s jailhouse jokes had for some reason unsettled me, though I remembered him telling an awful lot of jokes like that, back in the fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After that, I was sure Halloween was going to be awful, but it turned out it wasn’t. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It would be awful if her grandmother was like that. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure of the way. Before, I just walked. Anyway, I’m awful tired.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But even through the spiderweb of damage, I can see that awful thing on the wall reflected in the glass. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z For so long, the only things we had to read were German signs and posters, with those awful caricatures of imaginary Jews. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “How dreadful! I’ve just realised—that table’s down there and were up here. What are we going to do? We’re here and it’s there. It’s an awful tragedy—awful! But oh, it’s terribly comic!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I had a feeling that something awful was going to happen soon. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z How awful to be harassed, beaten and humiliated in the street, to not be allowed to work or go to school. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Beaverbrook, the fatalist, practically burst into tears and said in a timid little voice, “Oh, it’s so awful. Oh, the guns are so loud!”—which is another way of saying “I’m so scared.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Something awful was happening, but there was no way any of us could do anything to rescue her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks awful—like he’s drunk or something. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought for a minute that something awful might have happened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The maize-fed population boom, Crosby believes, let the awful trade continue without pumping the well dry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When Miss Lisa slammed the door behind us and locked it, separating us from Grandma, I had an awful feeling inside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All around them are the less awful children of faerie nobles, eating their bread and honey, their cakes and roasted pigeons, their elderflower jam with biscuits and cheese and the fat globes of grapes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And her temper was such that if King Edward VII or the Lord God Almighty Himself had been around when she got mad, she wouldn’t of talked any less awful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Have you noticed,” he said, “that Bunny’s had an awful lot of cash around the last two or three weeks?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It sounds awful,” Kate said, her lip curling at the very thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There are some days I still feel like the world is an awful, frightening place. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She steps up to Ruby, and I join them, feeling a bit worried; Olive lets some pretty awful things fly when she talks to her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z ‘You’re crazy! Johnny isn’t going to pick rags ... But oh, Johnny, it’s so awful and I’m so sorry and ...’ Johnny’s face was crimson. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't know whether it was the awful movie giving me a stomachache or all that caviar I had eaten. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When the awful pitching and rolling stopped and they could once again huddle up close, their hearts stopped racing, and they could lick each other’s faces for reassurance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was awful when she missed the heart. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all some kind of awful game. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll just have to drag the stupid thing. It’s going to make an awful racket, though, so hang on.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When a couple of hours had passed I heard something stirring in the Count’s room, something like a sharp wail quickly suppressed; and then there was silence, deep, awful silence, which chilled me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Tally let herself cry, burying her face in the scratchy wool sleeve of her new sweater, feeling Shay’s warmth against her, and feeling awful about every gesture of kindness from her friend. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z What woman would want to spend time in such an awful, damp, smelly place? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Now that he was out of the court room, he felt the awful strain under which he had been while the men had argued about his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Hanako felt like...like something truly awful had just happened, like someone she loved had just died. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 “Oriana acts like you two being mortal is some kind of awful surprise that gets sprung on her all over again every morning,” she says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She stomped and cried and carried on something awful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Please let me out of these awful chains,” the sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The others drew weapons and began the awful gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You and Miss Skeeter looked like you were talking awful serious about something.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She felt like an awful idiot person again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Finally she walked right out of the temple, threw the paper on the ground, and said, “I think we just better stop playing this awful game.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that was awful,” said Javier, who was brushing off the front of his white T-shirt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We merely fell into the fear that hangs over the state, a nameless and awful thing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry, your eyesight really is awful,” said Hermione, as she put on glasses. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”— all sung by children who could not sing, the type of music grown-ups think is all kinds of cute, but it’s awful! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Park thought she'd written those awful things on her books herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And her face was empty, which was awful. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s this awful part of me that thinks she deserves this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z May said that her mother—May always called her Mommy—heard that awful water coming and jumped out of bed, running for May’s room. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed, nothing awful is without its beautiful side.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Dimple ignored the pinprick of guilt she felt at the uncharitable thought; Isabelle wasn’t nearly as awful as the guys. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Digger—and J.T., too—could have been so blind to the awful possibilities. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 And though she can’t now, a sudden awful fear that I couldn’t have impressed her comes over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He thought, we keep on going to new places, awful places, we keep on not belonging. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z How awful the flames must have been, how fierce, to make such ruin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Soon the darkness was full of daws, full of the awful unknown and menace. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Maybe this is one thing I’m not too awful at, she thought. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When we arrived at school on Thursday morning, I noticed right away that there was a different kind of tension, as though everyone was waiting for something awful to happen, only we didn’t know what. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I didn’t want her to know something so awful about Miss Celia. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It couldn’t be worse than the camps, and maybe not every Pole was like the awful boys throwing snowballs at the train station. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She spoke clearly, and she didn’t look either scared or mad, just kind of sad, like she was still hurting something awful for Emmett. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the awful sound of that brick hitting his forehead—an injury that had happened only because he’d tried to shield her from the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That’s one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He studies every photograph of every painting, and he spends an awful long time on each drawing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That was why it was such an awful bore to haul him around. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I have been trying awful hard to clean myself up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The disintegration was awful to see, but worse was the feel of the powder—its starchy slipperiness as she tried to collect it by handfuls. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She says, “Judd, Marty’s got awful attached to that dog, and we’d like to know how much you want for it. Maybe we can scrape up the money to buy him.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not spoken a word to her since the awful thing had happened, and she had not dared to speak to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked at her blearily, like he was trying to come up with something awful to say, but he just took another drink and leaned back in his chair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Which is an awful thing to wish upon someone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then he forced it into an awful smile. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At length, she sighed, and said, “I’d almost be satisfied for a while if I could get that awful Bloomberg off that couch with her. It isn’t even sanitary.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, that reminds me. Fang called last night. He sounded awful. When I asked, he said he hasn’t been sleeping. So you two have something in common.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He wiped away enough of it to see the upper half of his body there, and that awful feeling swept through him again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We hear one awful piece of news after another, with no power to act. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel awful messing up Michael’s life to such a degree, and this awfulness must come through as I speak, because Michael’s father is much less hostile than he has every right to be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Sorry. Yeah, of course. Anyway, I wanted to help because what happened last week was...awful. Really awful.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His spit cup on the night stand was full of stale tobacco juice and smelled awful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If I tell him I know the man from the article, something awful will happen to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s awful seeing the plane fly closer and closer, its silver nose pointed at the building. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z "My God!" he said, "isn't it an awful face?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The position I was in, playing some disgusting politics with this boy, was awful. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “The flies are awful secret police that tear us as if we were carrion,” Hal tells her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Forty demigods attract an awful lot of monsters. You really want us hanging out in your lobby?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z You must want me for a friend awful bad to promise all that. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “An awful spectacle,” opined The New York Times, a “sacrifice to the whims and theories” of a “coterie of cranks and politicians.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Who would speak back—Hazel’s mother, or that awful voice? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Strange scenes swirled in my ocean of pesadilla, and each one seemed to drown me with its awful power. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to look awful tomorrow,” she says, laughing and crying both. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I feel awful for not standing up for you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It wasn’t uncomfortable yesterday, even though I understood how awful the Klan was. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, pretty awful. I always hate the place.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It seems like the University goes to an awful lot of expense here,” I commented. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The engine’s roar pierced my eardrums anyway, making awful pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “As God is my witness, I got a awful cross to bear. You wanna nice drink?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just checking up on you,” she said, straightening that awful colossal flower planted behind her right ear. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z How many awful poems did I write thinking of her? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I held my breath waiting for her to open her mighty mouth and say awful things, loud—laying it down, telling it like it is. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He went to work on his beef bone, making an awful scraping sound. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What he was seeing right before him were real enemies, foreign ones, the most awful ones, the cruel German-speaking kind. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have been having these awful dreams,” Emilie whispered as she plucked some leaves off my grandmother’s pumpkin vines. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Not because her behavior justified his jealousy, but it relieved that awful fear inside him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was awful, and now it's not so awful. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like an awful lot of trouble to go through for “traitors to the Fatherland.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z You can shield them with your body and soul, trying to absorb that awful rain, but they’ll still move toward him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You never know what might come in handy when something awful is about to happen to you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Then came that terrible Christmas with its awful presents when our father, with the vanity I was to find typical, sent his photograph. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Make an awful row. I say, you weren't asleep, were you?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And then he lands, and it’s horrible, awful, because the hit and the landing instantly turn the animal—beautifully alive and running across the road just a moment ago—into a gruesome, bent corpse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The scythe offered no response to the man’s awful surprise; she said nothing to him at all. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t remember an awful lot,” she said slowly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I was aware of the smells of cat and the awful spoiled sardine smell of my own hands. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baker eyed me all day on Tuesday, looking like she wanted something awful to happen—sort of like what Israel Hands wanted to happen to Jim Hawkins. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But even while he pondered and decided, the god of earthquake heaved a wave against him high as a rooftree and of awful gloom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Never had friend been such an awful word. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And then to make his poor grandson bear the awful news back to us.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Of course I still love my grandma even after all the awful stuff she did to me, which is scary that you can love someone who is not nice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scared, but besides that, I felt downright awful. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the heels of her hands to her temples and squeezed, as if that could stop the awful pounding. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “How awful and terrifying, that trip. Yet I imagine there were nights in Antarctica that were as beautiful as this lake is right now.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I just need you to tell me if it’s awful.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She plant her face in her pillow and cried something awful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There are so many questions, from “Does using magic make you grow horns?” to “Did Quinton know you’re a magician?” to “What makes you different from all the magicians that committed so many awful crimes?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z That was the awful truth my grandfather had tried to protect me from. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I’d had to relive this awful cycle so many times, at so many different schools, that sometimes I really wanted to put my head through a wall. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His body shot down a steep decline, slick with an oily goo that smelled awful—like burnt plastic and overused machinery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In this awful situation, the stoutest hearts began to fail. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z "He was dead. On an Oriental rug, Jake. It was awful." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought maybe I should read it first, so I could prepare her for whatever awful thing we were about to learn. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve eaten too much of it today. I do not feel well. An awful weed. Oh, my stomach.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Probably someone German,” she says, glaring at Richard, who is German but not strict or awful. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It is the perfect time to tell him he got it all wrong about us, but I can’t figure out how to say it that won’t sound awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z At that moment, The Baron jumped at my pants leg, but got my ankle with an awful nip. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the awfulest, most despicable creature that ever existed. I ought to be fed to the crocodiles at the zoo.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because there’s perfectly good food in this house. Steaks for the dogs, cream for Pasha’s Favorite, cakes for those awful visitors.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And that awful night he talked about the boy hanging, saying, “His whole body shook like he was trying to get free. They said he was too small to break his own neck.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z And Ran Laurie handled the stroke oar an awful lot like Don Hume. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” I say, clicking through my camera, looking at some awful pictures of hookahs and plastic swords, thinking, What’s wrong with being weak? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, because it’s such an awful thing to like a girl?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But what I killed for, I ami It must’ve been pretty deep in me to make me kill! I must have felt it awful hard to murder. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You want to browse. It’s all right. Demigods are welcome. Take your time. You’re not like those awful monsters. They just want to use the restroom and never buy anything!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Things are really awful, in case you didn’t notice. Do you get that we’ve lost everything? Everything, Ives. Pictures we can’t replace. Mom’s art. My lacrosse stuff. Dad’s computers. All our furniture. The house.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I could feel this awful thing going on in my heart. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Then a worse thought occurred to her: What if these awful people follow us into the other world? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Honestly, Daddy,” said Ernestine, "it’s so embarrassing to go riding when you always make these awful scenes.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was no time, and Thomas felt awful about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She reached into her robe, producing the most awful looking knife the man had ever seen, but her arm was grabbed by the scythe in blue before she could use it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He scrutinizes me for a long, awful moment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She must have realized now that I was aware of her awful truth—she was an adult being treated like a child by the white folks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z People from everywhere promised they’d call the administrator’s office and say it was an awful thing to take Mama’s job away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Mama. I apologize. I know it must be awful being your age and having death staring into your face with every breath you draw.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you say to yourself “Them toady-frogs sure were putting up a awful racket, how come I didn’t notice it afore?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I think that’s awful—to start out okay, then lose the ability to do stuff. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Living without running water and electricity was just awful. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “No—no, it’s not anything— you didn’t do anything awful. That’s not what I saw.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But I have to go to school,” I wailed as if she’d just given me awful news. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She probably shaking her head in bed last night, reading bout this awful woman who don’t know how to love her own child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There's this sort of upbeat soundtrack playing under it that makes it twice as awful because, of course, almost everyone on-screen is dead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z An awful quiet spell destroyed all his practice. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. This is an awful lot of work, but I guess you knew it couldn’t stay up here forever.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I wonder what awful thing she will say. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Only to be ambushed by this army of little jerks! Your awful spawn! How many do you have now? Can you remember which ones are yours? The brats are gawping at my guest!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z My sister made a dive at me, and fished me up by the hair, saying nothing more than the awful words, “You come along and be dosed.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But first I wanted to shed my bodice; it pinched something awful under my arms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And that awful flower the other day, the dandelion! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not the first awful thing I have endured and pushed into the back of my brain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The young woman who had been weeping fled on hands and knees from the awful sight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Someone did something to me that is too awful to remember,” I whisper. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Seven’s heart gave an awful lurch as the two friends looked at each other with delight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “You got your story. We’re all awful. So why don’t you just buzz off?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He imagined the awful impotence of breathing in helplessly quarts and quarts of water. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maggie thinks that if you know Anna’s happy, you might stop feeling awful about being a “teen mom.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I hurt too much to care that I’m being an awful friend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But what is it that makes a person want to stay here on this earth anyway, and go on suffering the most awful pain just for the sake of getting to stay? Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Always. They are always awful, but some people are delighted to have a present from a fairy, even if it makes them miserable.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Matt, that’s swamp grass. It’s awful stuff. What do you mean, plastering yourself with it?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine looking in the mirror every day and seeing myself like that. It would be too awful. And getting stared at all the time.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Even though I had seen kids with some pretty awful problems in Mrs. Howard’s class, this was different. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t say anything and I feel awful. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “My mom married a really awful guy,” I told her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The worst idea in the history of horrible, terrible, awful ideas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It seems like at some point you’d just run out of awful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But the idea that he thought I’d be able to do those math classes, maybe work on a spaceship someday, well, that made me feel awful good. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m talking about the worst thing I ever did to the person best qualified to know how awful it is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That protest was awful, and the trial isn’t even over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And it occurred to me then that you would not escape, that there were awful men who’d laid plans for you, and I could not stop them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But it was so hard for Ocean to stomach that the world was filled with such awful people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I felt pretty awful about it, but my hands were tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z While I took a shower to wash the smell of grease and pepperoni out of my hair and skin, I had awful daydreams. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z "Phew, Chester,” I said, "what are you wearing that awful thing for? It smells!” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Nothing awful had happened so far, but you never knew. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was one of the most awful things I’d ever heard about,” he says, looking back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The food here was as awful as everywhere else, but with Moniek around, even this seemed more bearable. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Jenna and I would sit in my room after dinner, and she’d tell me how awful it was to hear her parents fighting all the time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z There was something familiar about her, something awful and yet familiar. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Whatever had happened to him out there—maybe even related to his lingering ankle injury—had been truly awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I am alone in the castle with those awful women. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The sounds behind him were awful, horrible—he felt guilty for not helping. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His voice had an awful sound, like he was about to break half in two. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It felt good to cry, but awful, too. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We should neither of us shrink from the task—awful though it be to contemplate. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The awful smell would get into her skin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The pain of those seconds must have been awful as her heart burst and her lungs collapsed and there was no air and no blood to her brain and only raw panic. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s pretty great having friends who can make you smile even after something awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking of the awful words sprayed on our mosque last year and how much they frightened me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z "We spread round. I crept, on hands and knees. The spears fell out because they hadn't barbs on. The pig ran away and made an awful noise." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z From that day forward, I never forgot about how Grandma had to lock us in that pantry to save her job and how awful that had made us feel. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dadi told him to stop thinking such awful things and close his mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d wave the toy furiously and then there’d be an awful, blinding, roaring flash that shook the room and deposited a fine ash all over us and the floor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z An awful wound, probably from a sword, went from his right shoulder across his neck and chest. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good awful girl. You found that waterfall for us.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I sat breathing through my nose, holding in my mouth the pure, awful slavor of something on fire and a bristle of stiff hairs from the burnt hide of a dead goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I have myself a hard time writing, and it tire me out sumpin’ awful. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I get to see a lot as a carer. An awful lot.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On the train on the wav home, as I dissect all the wavs that today went wrong, I’m surprised by the fact that I don’t feel as awful as I might. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They were awful berries, those gut cherries, he thought. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The War-god bellowed as loud as ten thousand cry in battle, and at the awful sound trembling seized the whole host, Greeks and Trojans alike. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew from the start that I was bound to be crucified either way I moved,” Johnson later said of the awful options remaining. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z How awful it must be for her to have a good mom and an evil one. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I wonder why anyone would do an awful thing like that?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how awful this season had been, the idea of playing basketball all summer appealed to me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Having English after PE is awful because Ms. Jacobs is tough and she hates tardies. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I cough out the awful water and try to swim. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z His ascent of the peak's "savage and awful, though beautiful" ramparts shocked and frightened him, but it also induced a giddy sort of awe. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With an awful scream he sprang up and wrenched the point out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "And they talks a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He is superstitious that if he’s off by a minute, something awful will happen to him. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Everybody—I swear, everybody—was giving me these awful looks,” she said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Mother, this plan is awful” “During a lockdown,” Esperanza went on, ignoring her daughter, “no ships are cleared—with one exception: El Patron’s signature overrides everything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Like hell, naturally. Mike was awful. He's terrible when he's tight." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t make myself stand still; an awful fear vibrated through my body. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just for the moment it was as if she’d disappeared, and her voice was thrown into the trees.Then she returned to us, but all that was left of her was an awful silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to believe it,” he said, “but I don’t. I think we’re in the midst of an awful crumble.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Those watching looked shocked, like it was as awful for Camp to be brought home like a regular corpse as for him to of shot himself in the first place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And, too, it was the most happy and excited she had seen the children since that awful visit to Lord Fredrick’s study. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She has one aspect of the part down cold: the coiled anger of a mother who finds out her son has been involved in something awful. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Between the long march in the impossible shoes and the scant and awful breakfast, how could they now work all day? Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z They were far too occupied with one another to notice the awful tension that had settled over our group. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “You had a rapid heartbeat and tremors. You were pretty incoherent. I know it sounds awful, but it really wasn’t so bad.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And that’s a problem because when it comes to faces, we are an awful lot better at visual recognition than we are at verbal description. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z To make it work, he needs to know an awful lot about grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was a awful big risk for Miss Skeeter to take, turning Miss Hilly against her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Actually, some of the lost ones finally turned up. Torn up awful, practically shredded.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was as awful as Tom, only no one suspected it because she seemed so meek. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A clerk read from a parchment, giving full weight and due to every awful word. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Something was sizzling in a pan, and it was smelling awful good. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to take, awful hard to take.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It was awful for Bailey and me to encounter the reality one abrupt morning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even know what the Renaissance was except that it sounded important and there seemed to be an awful lot of it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z By next day you could hardly wake her—and if you did, a minute later she’d go right back into that loud, awful breathing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Tearing at him, clouds of them, the awful, ripping, thick masses of the small monsters trying to bleed him dry. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Sure, Prentisstown was as awful a place as you could ever not wanna paint it but how can it suddenly be an army? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “And Auntie Spiker! Couldn’t we all—please—just for once—go down to the seaside on the bus? It isn’t very far—and I feel so hot and awful and lonely...” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As if he was too tired to get up, he lay there looking down, and so did I. It wasn’t awful anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “It’s like pain all over. My hands, stomach, feet. I feel awful.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Hello, you! Isn’t it awful? I tell you I do not suffer heat gladly!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And now things are awful and seem likely to get worse, and I worry that I'll never have the chance to tell you what it meant to me.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "Somebody stole this from you, didn't they, Turtle? You couldn't have done such an awful thing, not to Angela, not to your own sister, could you Turtle? Could you?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Frog did not see it, but those who did claimed Cleon’s copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Libby told me that in real life, if the bottle fell off and crashed to the floor, tradition dictated that the village children didn’t get Hanukkah presents for, like, three years or something awful. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Well done on the life-saving thing. Could have been worse, an awful lot worse.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “It don’t matter that a dentist pulls out perfectly good teeth just to make money? That’s awful. He ought to go to jail.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The last breath he’d gotten into her body made an awful sound as it came out, screeching train brakes. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And the preacher said, “There are an awful lot of thunderstorms in Florida in the summertime.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z How awful the place we lived in was. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I remember the awful sights in the hospital: the gas patients who in day-long suffocation cough up their burnt lungs in clots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman in the group around the mobile hot dog said, “Ain't that awful? Where they get them hot dog vendors from?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to stay in that awful house for three more months. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It had been ten years since the bombing, but I still thought about that awful day or the girls—usually Cynthia—daily. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It sounded awful to my mother and she wondered if that was how all Americans would say it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Not one of us knows what he said, but it must have been pretty awful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Over its history, Permian had won an awful lot of games it should have lost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “And when it spoke, it was like a dozen voices speaking together, but all off-key and awful. Ugh.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I lie back and close my eyes and feel myself sink into dread, that awful gnawing in my gut. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful quietness was gone now, but there was something jittery about the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We ate it while we watched TV The news was all about murders and fires and other awful stuff. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “W'ell, Pilate, then. Pilate know I turned her down, she wouldn’t like it. They spoil that child something awful.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “What an awful building you live in. Nobody else lives here, do they? We didn’t see any other lights.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I now felt awful, and I was confused. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She got an awful pain across her face and I figured she must be my mom because no stranger would have been so hurt by what I’d said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If it's so unbearably hot out in the open, I don't want to think how awful it must be inside the jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I feel like I should have. Something awful happened at school today.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I laughed, but on the inside I still felt awful. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand to witness another awful thing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z At first I had thought it would be awful having Buddy come and visit me at the asylum—he would probably only come to gloat and hobnob with the other doctors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Bleach and oranges both I had to bargain for, or beg for in the case of supplies flown in to us by the awful man Eeben Axelroot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, he told a newsman that though he hadn’t studied the offer in detail, he’d decided to play the match because “there’s an awful lot of prestige of the country at stake.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You are awful,” I say as we back into the street. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I don’t like that awful garage where it happened. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z And although a part of me knows how ridiculous my thoughts sound, there’s another part of me that gives a foothold to my awful “What if?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Helen said nervously, “Well, it was kind of awful and—kind of beautiful.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And winter in Washington, D.C., could be awful. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Miss Sadie was an awful purveyor of the future, but she sure knew how to spin a tale from the past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I sipped the liquid and managed not to make a face at the awful, greasy taste. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Emma. That majorly sucks. My grandfather—Abuelito—died a few years ago, and it was awful. I still miss him. Sorry, that probably doesn’t make you feel any better.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z About his awful dad, about his dubious wardrobe choices. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Five hundred years is an awful lot. Too many. And you have a mother who loves you. Who has loved you all this time.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A group of obnoxious girls screamed such awful comments that I, an “obese” twelve-year-old girl, will sadly remember for the rest of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You need an air conditioner, bud? It's awful hot in here, and Hollis could get you one no problem,” Lindsey said. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I implored them, “Please let there be sturdy walls like these around Anatole. Please let them hold up a roof that will keep this awful sky from falling on him.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t talk to me about the money Mama owes, or the awful things people say to you in the street sometimes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Isn’t my costume awful? My stylist’s the biggest idiot in the Capitol. Our tributes have been trees for forty years under her. Wish I’d gotten Cinna. You look fantastic.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Four other girls, too, quietly thank us—and admit how awful it had been for them, pre-makeover. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I still feel awful about the stuff with my dad. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I never knew I could feel so awful, so jealous, but I couldn’t make those feelings go away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Forgetting her mother, failing her mother and her friends and herself—those are awful things, but she did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But I for sure knew, and it was my own grandfather’s wife I was hankering after, which seemed like an awful sin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You remember how awful it was. They were charged with a hate crime.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I can’t stand the thought of her falling into that awful man’s hands.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't by any means an awful kiss, but I told myself that it would get better. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And then it saw me see it and its whole awful body drew taut. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “All I know is that those awful shutters have been painted a Christian color.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It was awful, and yet still better than the hot roofs of the train with no protection at all from the blaze of the sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I collected my books and stumped off muttering, “There’s an awful lot of this going around.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I'm sorry for whatever you must have experienced in that awful moment when you disappeared. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But none of us could let him in on that awful secret. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And do you want to know the awful truth? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It must’ve been awful to have people gawk at you and demand you entertain them how they see fit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That had been an awful moment of hate and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Besides the awful curtains, there was a dead dog decomposing in the garden. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I drink some of the awful wine and then some more, and feel better; although I know that later I will feel worse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a totally different day than the rest of this awful day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘It is sounding such a wonky tall story, the Queen will be laughing and saying “What awful rubbsquash!”’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lita’s version, an awful man stole from the old couple’s dreams, but from now on, this story lives on through me and my new version. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And the Earl of Maytag’s awful remark about hunting still gnawed at her insides. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “We cut its throat. Then we took turns holding it over each other, so it bled on our heads and hands. It was awful. I nearly got sick.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine why in the world he was telling me this awful thing, but whatever the reason was, I wanted him to stop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Vincent is eager for helpful criticism and thinks Van Rappard has made reasonable points about the execution, but the tone is so awful! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We were standing on the porch of the little blue house that used to be the Spiritualist Church of Glen Meadows when we heard these awful words. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and squeezed the armrests of my chair, I didn’t want to think about the awful stuff that had happened to Emmett. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “That’s awful!” said Maya, and it kind of made me happy that she got so mad about it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It’s awful pretty, isn’t it?” a girl’s voice said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m awful dull, but I hope I’ve beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “The coolness of you two rascals is amazing,” began Mr. Pickwick, trying to get up an awful frown and only succeeding in producing an amiable smile. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I dream about stuff like that, but I do, and I wake up feeling real awful. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They were making such an awful racket that the mullet scattered out of the eddies, and I knew that the fishing was pretty much shot for the afternoon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I could imagine us going out somewhere, anywhere, and someone saying something awful to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I say it’s awful hot up here so close to the sun. Bless my long underwear.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time I get home from Atlantic City, my legs are sore something awful. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I feel pinned to this awful moment like a dead insect. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Not much, but there was an old pile of hay in the corner that didn’t smell too awful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Didn’t matter, though—it was still an awful feeling not to be able to get by on our own, as we had when Papa was alive. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are to be born in the ‘A’ nest don’t yew think, and wouldn’t it be awful to be one of those old B’s.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There are people who think I did something awful. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z By the time I’m done listing all the things that were awful, I’m laughing again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been awful, Mary Anne. But I try to accept my lot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Only I didn’t exactly say the part about math being awful, because she taught math, so that might make her sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t it awful what we’ll do in this world to feel wanted? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She sounded as though she was trying to cram everything in as quickly as possible so I could avoid having something awful happen to me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Most of the reception committee had left, too, only a couple of them still waiting for us to turn up in case something awful had happened to us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I felt so good, but it became awful quiet and I noticed the crowd along the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s awful to he cut off from your own memories, Luna thought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnising my mind and causing me to forget the passing cares of life. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not taking care of yourself, you know. Your voice sounds awful.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Well, I think you’re a pig! And I’m not going to be mean to Tom just because you don’t like him. Besides, everyone thinks you’re awful.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It must of really been worth hearing about if it was too awful to mention. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The marshy water, thick and clouded with dirt, leaves, and branches, smelled and looked awful. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “God, no, it’s awful and I still have three months to go.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Manure,” Mr. Allen says as we drive through an awful smell. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He starts to tell me a story about Mom telling him to stop making Japanese food because it “made the house smell awful,” but he seems to change his mind before he says too much. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Rita Skeeter had reported him saying an awful lot of things that he couldn’t remember ever saying in his life, let alone in that broom cupboard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The woman bowed her head and then looked up at the gathering of prisoners, smiling an awful warning. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, pal. You look an awful lot like that other guy.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tucker had said Miles was awful with cars, and I thanked all that was holy that this hadn’t happened while we were on the interstate. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We weren’t so poor that we couldn’t pay seventy dollars for something I had to have, but she would make me feel awful about it anyway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And anyway, five hundred years was an awful lot to remember. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I know it ain’t a child’s place to feel this way ’bout the person that raised you, but I was disappointed in Ma something awful. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I know that sounds awful,” she adds really fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z This was the Fowleses’ other awful news: Father had walked or hitchhiked all the way over to the Kikongo mission in an agitated state, bellowing that his guts were on fire with venom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With my awful mood, I owe her that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “If she lost another leg, she wouldn’t be able to walk at all. What an awful situation.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z All at once, he frowned and let out an awful moan, and grabbed for the back of his head. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If they weren’t, they were going to be in an awful lot of trouble. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She let it back in, and it was awesome, not awful. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It occurs to me how awful that nickname is: Calling your needy little sister something that’s one letter off from a viral infection that causes acute inflammation of the brain? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z For an awful moment Penelope thought that she might have unwittingly become Lady Constance’s confidante. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Macon saw that he was very old, very white, and his smile was awful. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Powhatan later captured John Smith, Chaplin notes, Smith broke his pistol rather than reveal to his captors “the awful truth that it could not shoot as far as an arrow could fly.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We pulled apart as the awful noise set the sheep around us into frantic motion, bounding off one another and pushing us into the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We did not talk about the awful thing that had happened that night, but I guess it was because of it that my father decided to go with us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m with you, Tris. Just watching those screens made me feel awful, like I was doing something sneaky. I think I’ll be staying away from now on.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Serjeant thought himself clever, and smiled an awful smile in his spotted chops. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I wasn’t crazy or seeing things or having a stress reaction; the panicky twist in my gut whenever they were close—that and the awful sight of them—that was my gift. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The soup actually had hardly any taste, but at the same time it tasted really awful, because you knew that in it was a strange, ugly creature. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That rocky, misty summit, secreted in the clouds, was far more thrillingly awful and sublime than the crater of a volcano spouting fire. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But not everyone does. That awful what’s-his-name who wanted to marry your sister... Wouldn’t take no for an answer. It’s his fault she left!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He heard wailing then, high and keen and awful, and he knew the voice. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I rocked her for several minutes before I realized the awful grating sound had stopped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Grace and Carol look at each other’s scrapbook pages and say, “Oh, yours is so good. Mine’s no good. Mine’s awful.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I gazed at it in wonder—not because it was awful, but because it was beautiful. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In more of an everything is awful and stinks way. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I take a sip, and it’s not awful. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I brush my hair because I know it’s awful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “When you say it like that, it sounds awful.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z My father felt awful that he had been away and fussed over both of us constantly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z There was a stench so awful it made me gag. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z That awful bus with gum on the seats and kids snickering when I walked by. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They must hurt awful bad and no one has shown them the way to live. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We made no progress and an awful amount of noise, but the motor didn’t stop. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her--it sounded sort of awful, after I'd said it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Seeing the awful end to Mr. Harvey’s life frightened me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The back-to-back appearances in 2 and 1 are their own special kind of awful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The indifference of South Korean society to the issue of North Korean rights is so awful.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Trade?” he murmured, still holding her in his awful embrace. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If she held it for long enough, she thought she might wake up from this awful nightmare and be back safe at her family Seder. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Emerging from the building, blinking into the noon sun, Hannah saw that Gitl’s eyes were dry but they still held a reserve of some awful unspoken anger. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And as he cut himself adrift, both from them and simultaneously from that other world he had known before them, he marveled: What an awful thing the truth is, and how comforting is a lie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, really? Oh, I say. That’s awful,” he said in a hushed, respectful voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wash my hands, wonder how an awful day could turn even worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was bad enough she was stuck with a coven of Spares, but being a Forever Witchling was the most awful thing that could happen to anyone in the Twelve Towns. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Each crab had two larger chunks of meat in it, and an awful lot of stringy little pieces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “He gave me an awful surprise,” he says. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The people surrounding us shouted, stomped, and whistled as though her awful predicament were a triumph for them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We made the two miles, but it was an awful drive on a narrow, rutted wagon road. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Quickly I found the door leading back to the familiar, but as I opened it the awful story reached out and tried to grab my ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was awful at dispensing romantic advice, being so inexperienced in the field herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “One of the kids that I didn’t like, Auggie, he had like this awful...facial deformity,” I answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I get an awful lump in my throat, seeing those faces. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "They have to live in a jail. Isn't that awful?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Yet the thought of going into Mexico without telling Mamá where we were going or why made me feel awful. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As the first light of morning trickled into the tower room, Violet reflected on all the awful things she and her siblings had experienced recently. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It was awful pretty, but I have never seen that color again in my life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing intrinsically poisonous about endotoxin, but it must look awful, or feel awful, when sensed by cells. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z First there had been the awful humiliation of the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, when not one of the thirty or forty people circulating competitive loyalty oaths would even allow him to sign. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I mean, look at it, Joe. It’s an outrage, isn’t it? It’s downright bloody awful.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It had been awful saying good-bye that morning. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The unbearable sense that something awful is about to happen has settled, although it hasn’t entirely gone away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And worse, somewhere, circling and flitting around that dread, was another awful feeling: nothing makes you feel more naked than someone identifying a desire you never knew you possessed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A strange awful taste rose in her mouth, more bitter even than the Seder’s bitter herbs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she said something that made me realize just how awful things really were. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, “He wanted to come. Feels awful down there.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I’m hit with a wave of the most awful stench, like bleach mixed with snot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z An awful chuckle sounded from across the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I think I gave Frightful an awful scare,” he wrote. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Why do I always think and dream the most awful things and want to scream in terror? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And whoever she was, why did she want her husband to keep that awful name? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even her toad would be better than that, but this was her awful reality. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The chariot rides—in which the District 12 kids are dressed in awful coal miners’ outfits—and the interviews flash by. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all I’m talking about, survival. Do you feel awful about it?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Colonel Cargill was so awful a marketing executive that his services were much sought after by firms eager to establish losses for tax purposes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s really too bad you’re dead, because I have an awful lot of questions for you. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Her words summoned awful powers from the familiar and picturesque local town. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “There’s an awful lot of opinion around here to do just that.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The awful sound echoed and reverberated so much that even the stars seemed to shiver. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He felt the beginning of an awful anger, an unbearable sadness, suppressed it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s bloody awful out there, ya know? I don’t miss it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Except, every now and then he’d cry out with an awful anger at what he called the injustices of the world. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I figured it must have been an awful death. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And in the schoolyard—it was too awful to contemplate. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be awful if he quit. He and Lissa are much more interesting than the grumpy old men who usually take the job.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The poor thing, she must have felt awful! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t really know Lio was a communist, a subversive, all the other awful things the editorial had called him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel wished he’d come back and protect her from her mother, maybe use his powers to get rid of that awful Voice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was an awful moment, but all around her, the others were gathering for the game, so Jinny tried to push what Eevie had said from her mind. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Look in particular at the awful goblin women—brutish, roaring things. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When she was in high school, Deborah cried and lay awake at night worrying about what awful things might have happened to her mother and sister. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Jail was awful and stinky and scary in a different way than living outside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, I do know the name. Wait a minute. Jack Favell. Of course. An awful bounder. I met him once, ages ago.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It sounded awful, but if the man did have food on him he definitely didn’t need it anymore. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The awful visitors were the women who belonged to the Animal Fanciers’ Society. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “You better treat her awful nice now,” Billy said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas was so excited to hear this news he temporarily forgot how awful things had become. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It felt really awful being at the table by myself. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mother saying, “Well, for goodness’ sakes...Imagine that...How awful, Dale! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I miss you both something awful, but I know you are well and taken care of. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I grow up I think I'll be a dancer, but it is an awful lot of work. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was an awful athlete and simply refused to participate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But usually with Miss Emily nothing too awful would come out of it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s awful. All those math classes I signed up for...well, I don’t have the foggiest idea what’s going on. The professor’s talking in the lecture hall, and it’s like he’s speaking another language.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the new awful thing I cannot bear to feel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ahh,” he said, “would this be about the screechers, yet again? We have an awful lot to think about, as you can see, my dear. Perhaps another time.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Something more awful than all our African ancestors is rising with the seas. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I know it must be an awful shock,” she was saying to him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But there was an awful lot to learn about mummies, and even after a whole evening of study it turned out that Toby’s information wasn’t all that complete. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven't decided. Right now I've got an awful feeling I want to smash things and kill things:' “Go take the beetle.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been funny if it wasn’t so awful, I said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She could never read it but was awful proud of it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I got so afraid I felt like I was gonna cry but I didnt and then I had to go to the bathroom something awful. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A scream was building in Sarai’s mind, and, with it, an awful presentiment that the pall of doom of the past day had been leading to this moment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Some awful artifact from the Age of Mortality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “They all came over the hill at once and none of them are awful enough for me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why did you stay there when it was so awful?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What was real and inescapable was the awful pressing feeling in his chest.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The flight attendant brought wet paper towels and tried to wipe me clean, but even when the dress was clean, it still smelled awful. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But still, that awful word—orphanages—it was enough to give one an itchy rash just thinking about it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She brings an animal doctor with an awful smell and a dangerous-looking bag. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z It seemed like an awful lot of stuff for just one house. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Believe me, if she knew half of what I know, she’d probably choke on this awful aubergine casserole and die right here in her four-hundred-dollar shoes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He looks at me with this hard, awful smile. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s awful that Mom and Dad lied to the whole town about your pregnancy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Brian looked down at the still form and thought the thought; and it was so awful that he did not believe he was thinking it, but it was there, die thought. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It was awful, but somehow this was worse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For one awful second I thought Pixie’d somehow put the jewelry back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Wait, is it true? Are they really awful to you?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The Italians were using up an awful amount of men. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It must be awful for you here, Bast,” he said at last. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The awful pain in my eyes had turned into a bearable sting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no words to cover something that awful. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So we quietly plant our hopes out here in the jungle, just a few kilometers from the Angolan border, at the end of an awful road where Mobutu’s spies won’t often risk their fancy cars. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I like thinking up inevitable, awful truths and rehearsing my reactions so that I’m not caught off guard. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They moan most terribly; their encrustations are awful to behold. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She’s just being awful, just trying to get me in trouble with a parting shot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Stop being so awful to her, you warlock!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But Turner saw that the pines sidled awful close to the left-field line, and he could spin a ball to make it touch in fair, then scoot off into the trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But questions pirouetted around Penelope’s mind faster than even the ballerinas of the Imperial Russian Ballet could have managed: Who had requested these awful stories about children and wolves? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Oh, he'd managed to get good marks all right, and to have an affair with some awful waitress on the Cape by the name of Gladys, but he didn't have one speck of intuition. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He made an awful face, then drank some more. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always ranting and raving about how awful colored people are. That's when he’s not yelling at my mother and smacking her around.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The book’s about a kid who has an awful life but gets a chance to escape it when he finds out his dead parents were wizards. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw Shay’s face—too thin, eyes too far apart—and an awful feeling welled up inside her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I rejoiced to see them, but any reunion brings awful news, and I cried myself to sleep when they left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like being in a lunatic asylum and having another patient all dressed up as a doctor come over to you and start taking your pulse or something....It’s just awful. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Your scars are awful,” he said, almost whispering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “He just got quiet but he felt awful bad.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I commit it to memory; I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken, and useless. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Except for the cricket cap and neck scarf that Duckworth wore in the coxswain’s seat, he coxed an awful lot like Bobby Moch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Now, there are an awful lot of corridors in this building—,” said Jillson. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was awful listening to that voice come from that face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As awful as that was, it had somehow made Citra feel more secure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But now even the fair was laying off men, and the timing was awful. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Whenever she thought of running away, not so often now, the knowledge of this awful weakness stopped her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And when we turn the corner into the elevator bank, there’s Jordan Rylance, coming back to the studio with his mom in her awful faux-leopard coat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what awful thing he might have done to deserve such a fate. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a dress with purple cartwheels on it and she looked awful. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere in there was an awful scene, with people expressing disgust for Billy and the woman, and Billy found himself out in his automobile, trying to find the steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For the second night in a row he had dreamed an awful thing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, my cookies are pretty awful, so no one bought them, so I figured before I threw them out. . .” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “You two have been spending an awful lot of time together. Do we need to have the talk?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, you see, Chief, he was gone an awful long time. We both called out to him but there was no answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Little by little we began to piece a story together, a secret, terrible, awful story. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z After that morning I became convinced something else—perhaps something awful—lay around the corner to do with Miss Lucy, and I kept my eyes and ears open for it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful quietness got worse and she had not been to enough parties to know what she should do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Bridge, it’s not funny. It was really awful. It was the scariest day of my life.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s awful spending days in the apartment, everybody angry and mourning. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When she opened it, the heat gathered inside the room was like a sudden, awful hand over her mouth; she hurried to open a window. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And this is why I don’t trust you. Hope you and Hudson have an awful life together.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Taking what we wish, indulging in every terrible thought. There’s safety in being awful.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His awful voice made what he was saying even more of a threat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She says it reminds her of dungeons, and must have been invented by someone strict and awful with an unlimited childcare budget. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z But I feel awful that Soojin’s family is having this big moment after waiting for so long, and I’m not even talking to my best friend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They didn’t know what was coming, but they knew it was going to be awful. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It would be awful not to have folks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I read the newspaper on the counter while I drink my coffee, which is so awful I can barely stomach it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I see one in my spaghetti, and no matter how many times I push my dinner around with a fork, the noodles keep re-forming into that awful pattern. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I feared that Gebu of yours had done one of those awful things he’s always threatening. The Ancient and I, we didn’t know what had happened.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All over the church there was only the sound, more awful than the deepest silence, of the prayers of the saints of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z There’s an awful screeching outside as the London train stops at the signal, like nails on a chalkboard. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful smell stung my nose, but after working up my courage, I took a swig. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She’s my girlfriend still, even after all the awful stuff that happened. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, what will he say when he comes to that awful fifty dollars!” thought Meg, with a shiver. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not so bad when it’s Mom, but it’s awful when a classroom aide has to do that for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I guess she feels pretty awful right now.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “And the students are awful, all white and superior.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her body made an awful sucking sound as it broke the surface. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The lesson I learned after a while, through awful experiences and Grandma’s lectures, was that nobody was ever coming to rescue me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Puma reinforced my sense that the work was awful, that prison guards were the dentists of the law enforcement world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems like an awful lot for just one day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And that awful smell alone would make anyone itch for a fight.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And the awful part is, there wasn’t anything. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She thought about her notebook and how awful Ivy felt that it was out there, being looked at and inspected without her permission. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You got a awful lot to say, look like for once you could keep from putting your mouth in my business.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Hating the cool kids takes an awful lot of energy, and I’d given up on it a long time ago. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I knew something even more awful could have happened to me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was not until after supper, when he climbed the stairs, that the awful aloneness hit him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t told them how much the Capitol’s defenses mirror the weapons in the arena, but my going off to war is awful enough on its own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ma looks kind of mad, so I tell her more about our awful landlord. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Something had him awful riled up and happy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was awful to hear him cry, like he was in pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t that awful. You sure pick up with fine friends, Ignatius. Them colored people already got it hard, boy. They got a hard road, too. Life’s hard, Ignatius. You’ll learn.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is awful, it’s a sad day,” he said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked awful, and she gave me some Advil and kept going. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Certainly, if you wish it,” said Professor McGonagall, with awful coldness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Childish griefs are never lasting. In a few days, she’ll forget that awful robot ever existed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z This time, visions of a firestorm—really, the land of the goblins is clearly an endlessly wretched place, and they must be awful creatures to want to live there. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The cat rubbed against her knee, and as Meggie's fingers stroked its dirty fur an awful thought suddenly occurred to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t touch it. It’s awful. It’s got living things in it.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But as often happens with awful thoughts, he could not stop thinking it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s awful,” said Summer, but Auggie shrugged while taking a big sip from his juice box. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The good news, it appears, is that it takes an awful lot to extinguish a species. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Realizing how awful this must feel for his friend, Doha bit back his words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Fra-gile-ness is sitting on her bold as one n’em awful flowery church hats Ma and the other women wear on Sunday. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His lips parted and he gave that same awful terrified smile I’d last seen the day I’d found him on the side of the road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And I get this awful ache in my chest. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was the worst thing I could think of. And even then I didn’t really understand how awful it was. Not until the tolerance education unit—and by then it was too late.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z So let me tell you a few good things that I discovered during that awful time. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Sierra remembered the creature’s awful voice echoing through her and shuddered. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I also knew that I never wanted to experience that awful soap again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too awful,” she kept repeating, and all Bernard’s consolations were in vain. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded good to Mark’s ears, and for a second or two he forgot just how awful everything was. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We didn’t see an awful lot of Charles for the next thirty-six hours or so. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to say that other kids can’t be mean sometimes. Sometimes people say things that are just awful.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z When we got there, my gram had an awful scowl on her face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summertime, this wasn’t too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold drafts blew across the floor all night long, and it was awful. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “And who you think,” he asked—he felt himself enveloped by an awful, falling silence—“is going to believe you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I want him to leave—I don’t want to feel this awful feeling again, yet I hear myself saying, “What do you mean, not ready?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At night, people are home in bed, which makes them an awful lot easier to reach than if they are off on errands or working in the fields. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more than just unfair: it was a whole new kind of awful. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mark shot him a glance and felt awful. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “How awful is my life that I’m hoping for a giant fiery toad to come and eat the giant fiery fly?” she muttered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I know that sounds awful, but it’s not. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It was awful at home when we practiced, and Dad would walk smirking through the house with wads of cotton sticking prominently from his ears. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s when I feel like something awful’s going to happen to me. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought them keeping Amélie’s picture from me was awful, but this is a million times worse. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Deirdre frowned and answered, “Because what kind of an awful name is that? Emu-raffe rolls off the tongue, don’t you think?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I climbed down, and we moved to the spot the man directed us to go, silent and stiff in our movements, each of us anticipating something awful. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what the times tables were, but they were probably something awful. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All these years, I never considered the possibility that my father—my well-meaning but occasionally whacked-out father—might be walking around with a broken heart, carrying a pain too awful to talk about. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Worse than awful. Can you get me a clean container?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The oblate felt awful hiding even an iota of truth from this honest man. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After the awful events of yesterday, finally something good happens and brings us...hope! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But being hated—I mean really hated—is truly awful. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Besides, there would be an awful lot of things I couldn’t easily explain about the last few days. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It takes an awful lot of sap to make one cup of syrup, I discovered—thirty-two cups, to be exact. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the test a second time, and then a third time, and then a fourth time, hoping that the awful feeling of bias would go away. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "It must have been awful," the reporter says softly. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Y camp was awful—lots of team sports and swimming and walks through different parks in the city. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z His father’s words had reawakened the awful fear from earlier in the day. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then it began, that awful tearing sound that Lyddie would come to dread with every knotted inch of nerves through her whole silently screeching body. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And Moreau’s awful deeds are well documented—as are the past seven hundred years of magician crimes in our world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “No! No, when I said awesome, I meant, like, inspiring great awe. Daunting. Even fearsome. That a cloud of wind could do all that. It’s terrifying and awful.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s right. We did have that awful fight. But I can’t believe . . . She wasn’t unhappy with me. She wasn’t. She wasn’t.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s awful to be alone with him, knowing he’s seen me in my underwear and crawling around on the ground, but I am too angry for embarrassment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In that awful moment, I didn't care that he was twice my height and had ten times my strength—I had to save those pictures. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “It sounds awful when you put it that way.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He took the awful punishment meant for me, but held his ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting the boards on my feet cut fifteen pounds from the awful load on my back and made the going faster besides. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the most awful and sad opera, the strong music of his English, then her black English; her colorful, almost elevated, mocking of him, and his grim explosions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I struggled to let the awful news sink in. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “They just use them to make horrible noises which are ugly to see and worse to hear. I leave all that to Dr. Dischord and that awful, awful DYNNE.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z What distinguishes that summit above the earthly line, is that it is unhandselled, awful, grand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another thing too, awful to admit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z An awful lot of those extra corn calories are being eaten as high-fructose corn syrup. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But if it was winter, then doing without the heat and lights was pretty awful. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she pulled her head back in, Melanie guessed the awful truth before she heard it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were finally settled on their new train, Hanako was not sure if all the rushing had been exciting or awful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Was it possible that every single person in this town had been in that awful Public Hall? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It would be fun. I’m tired of it. It’s an awful nuisance in the bed at night.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I feel like something awful’s going to happen to me,” Bigger spoke with a tinge of bitter pride in his voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Their collars clacked together like crab claws, and they let out this awful squeal as they ran. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It does smell an awful lot like bacon. Maybe it’s some old codger who’s living in the woods and he’s making his breakfast.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes at night, when she felt hungry, she had an awful thought: that she was more important than anybody in the whole world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And being at school was awful in the beginning. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking about how that was an awful lot of money. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Anu, it was awful! She sped on surface streets, drove onto the sidewalk, tailgated, and yelled at other drivers." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, they have all done awful things. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You hear such queer things. In the newspapers there are all those awful stories, like that old man who went into that trailer in New Mexico.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “You know, there are an awful lot of people headin’ this way.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that I was scared or anything, but it was an awful lot of money. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I insisted we come straight here to pick you up. I didn’t want you to have to spend an extra minute in this awful place.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When I embrace them, half pick them up, they are just that size I will forever know, that very weight so wondrous to me, and awful. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The water looked awful and murky and the very embodiment of disease, but once it was cupped in my hand gave the impression of overbrewed tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know how awful it is carrying a full pack?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “How awful," he said, “the way time passes!" One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And there, at the base of the impregnable anchor, where smooth mesarthium met the stones it had crushed two hundred years ago underneath its awful weight, was the solution to Weep’s problem. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I keep thinking—an awful lot of really beautiful music will be played at that recital. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Come!” she said, “come away from this awful place! Let us go to meet my husband who is, I know, coming towards us.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 As he washed the boy’s hand with a soft white rag he said, “You musta slammed these fingers in a awful heavy door or gate.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted this school year to be perfect. I wanted to make friends and not feel awful about myself. And I’ve already messed that up.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She looked down, down from what seemed an awful height at the head of the man whose lemon-yellow gabardines had been the first sexual excitement she’d known. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The smell is so awful that I have to breathe through my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She finds their Paris neighborhood daunting, though: “The bustle and activity of people and omnibuses—well it is just awful.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "But I'm awful, too. Look at what I've done," she said sadly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was awful to see the red hide cut, but infinitely more terrible to know it was being cut and not to see it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When someone dies, people always say they had some sort of premonition, a sinking feeling that something awful was right around the corner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the night of that awful gleaning, she lingered in his room a bit longer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Following the awful Saturday in Miss Lisa’s pantry, I was committed to learning more about the white world and how it worked. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t look at her as if she were a ghost or some awful undead zombie. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I stared at her, lost in my own awful thoughts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Stanley thought again about his own parents, how awful it would be for them to never know if he was dead or alive. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z This whole therapy thing has become a lot less awful since it started involving listening to music and staring out the window. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Despite the blessing of a glorious summer day, the whole of Mossflower was doom-laden with an awful tension that threatened to burst upon the captives seated on the grass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But no matter how it started, I’ve got to admit that when anyone looks at me I’m sure they’re noticing how awful my hair is or I’m too fat or my dress is funny. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Just hearing about it is awful. Who would hate us that much?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Inside is something that we can manage, something that isn’t as awful as it had at first seemed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But laced through it all was the dark feeling of utter hopelessness, like the world had ended for him, had been wiped from his memory and replaced with something awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know why exactly, but it feels awful. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Enlarge that sensation a hundredfold and you are penetrated by that awful lance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sounder was making an awful noise, a half-strangled mixture of growl and bark. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They had all reached their gleaning quota by the end of that awful evening, and Goddard still didn’t seem to have satisfied his bloodlust. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But that would be the least of it—an enemy of Kyrria could put the curse to more awful use. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher waited a second then said, “That seems like an awful lot of fish for three people. I was wondering, is your family going to eat all ten of those fish?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I feel awful for what I’ve done and the big number 12 on Mimi’s back stares forlornly back at me, motionless. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z That night I lay in bed wondering how many other times David had grinned and fooled me too, even though he’d felt awful inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine the awesome and awful sight of these three sisters pressed together, presiding over his crib, determining his future. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was an ugly word, an awful thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though Edna can be awful, I know I made a mistake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “You’re right. I do expect an awful lot of you. Maybe too much. I should have asked if you were okay with this.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z By right Divine, my dear Augusta, We’ve had another awful buster; Ten thousand Frenchmen sent below. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It may be crazy Alice logic, but I feel a little weird and awful about it anyway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She kept up her screeching all the way through, exhorting Mr Coombes to greater and still greater efforts, and the awful thing was that he seemed to be responding to her cries. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wrote those awful notes,” I said quickly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It’s awful what happened to him, isn’t it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They had an awful job getting her into the plane, and they were wringing wet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look at how I look. I look awful. No wonder he didn’t want me. I look terrible.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jojo had to feel plenty awful to be willing to stay in bed on a Saturday! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That was the awful irony of it all. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I know it will be awful for Kim when I die, but I also think about what she said, about not being scared, about jail being easy compared to losing me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Little boys can be run over by motor-cars or they can die of some awful illness. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z In Sanford, Florida, a group of friends—alerted by a neighbor who was listening to the program—gathered together to follow the awful news. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And as awful as it seems, I believe it could work efficiently. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Pew!” said Margalo, when they were high in the air, “you smell awful, Stuart.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Then he said: “Do you get the sense something really awful is about to happen?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then a sudden, awful thought came to her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For better and worse, my daily fate was thenceforth sealed, and I was freed of the awful unpredictability of Sergeant Holmes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be awful if her mom actually met Tina somewhere, but that didn't seem likely—her mom never talked to anybody in the neighborhood. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "Just a little. On a piece of cotton to put in my cavity. My tooth hurts something awful." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful nightmare had now gripped the great brute to such an extent that he was tying his whole body into knots. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you been in Will’s room? His setup looks...awful familiar.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He liked to tell Rab how awful she was-—and then would sneak back to take another look. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that if Jan continued to stand there and make him feel this awful sense of guilt, he would have to shoot him in spite of himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If it had been as awful as I anticipated, she’d have ordered Scotch and water. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dosed every morning with the awful stuff, they were sure to stay healthy now. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She’s bigger than he is and just as fast, and when the inevitable fight comes, it’s bloody and awful and both have received what could well be fatal wounds, when Haymitch is finally disarmed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z An awful gurgling cackle accompanied by an eruption of foamy blood when the coughing begins. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Also, I felt awful tired, and Dr. Slaughter had said I better stay quiet and not get hot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “But ours are so awful,” I argued aloud to Grandma, but I really only wanted to make “word noise” so I wouldn't think about the sad feelings taking me over. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The subway smells awful, I will say that. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z So much suddenly made a lot of awful sense. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Why she would let me go down into that awful drain when she had an extra pencil, I can’t imagine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Right now, he’s reading Finding Yourself by Screaming a Lot, and the other night, when I heard the most awful noise coming from the basement, I didn’t even bat an eyelid. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z But as this boy wipes the spittle from his cheek with his free hand, the awful feeling becomes identifiable. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Our victory was also purchased at an awful cost in American casualties: 6,821 Marines were killed and another 19,207 were wounded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's an awful thing to find a brother dead. You'd have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Taking my cue from her queer expression, I knew that I had said something awful, but I had no notion at that moment just how awful it was. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The stench was awful: a mix of blood and sweat and urine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A few have even taken selfies with the awful thing in the background. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was easy to feel sorry for her, to see how awful her life was—even to understand a little why she picked on me so. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Even now, I can remember the awful splash as that corpse fell into the sea. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain was awful as he dragged the vibrating needle over my skin, but I knew better than to cry out or beg him to stop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She continues her tasks, smiling the same awful, contented smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z |
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