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Abominably


Definition:

  • (adv.) In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One goat anesthetized with thiamylal sodium, xylazine, and halothane for repair of an abominal hernia, and 7 of 29 goats similarly anesthetized for an experiment unrelated to considerations of anesthesia, developed signs of hepatic failure within 24 hours of anesthesia.
  • (2) Conservative evangelicals often quote a verse in Leviticus which describes sexual relations between men as an “abomination”.
  • (3) It's necessary to outline the succession of injustices that Watson has suffered, the abominable luck and ongoing battles, to begin to appreciate his near total absence of rancour.
  • (4) We are going to mourn our dead ... but tomorrow, we will kiss each other like the abominable perverts we are,” journalist Luc Vaillant said in a column published in the left-wing newspaper Libération.
  • (5) As abominable as the crimes in Cologne and other cities were, one thing remains clear: there is no justification for blanket agitation against foreigners,” justice minister Heiko Maas said, adding that some people “appear just to have been waiting for the events of Cologne.” On Monday, a regional parliamentary commission in North-Rhine Westphalia, where Cologne is the largest city, will question police and others about the events on New Year’s Eve.
  • (6) The detention facility itself is a human rights abomination, but it’s not just the physical center that is a problem – it is the spirit it embodies.
  • (7) Jules's passing made Edmond "curse and abominate literature" to such an extent that, after describing with clinical precision and agonising detail the gradual collapse of his brother's physical and mental capacities, he decided to abandon the Journal.
  • (8) An exchange of emails released on Monday by the US State Department shows that Clinton was lobbied in May 2009 by a close friend, Brian Greenspun, to take action after a senior figure in the US Jewish community accused the film festival of “inherent antisemitism” and an “abomination”.
  • (9) He describes slavery as an "abominable exercise" but says that time, and history, make seeking any compensation for its legacy hopelessly impractical.
  • (10) Democrats failed on Wednesday to block Republican attempts to cut billions of dollars in food assistance to poor American families, having earlier denounced the plans as an "abomination" and "immoral".
  • (11) Sarah Jackson, deputy regional director of Amnesty International, said: "Even though Uganda's abominable anti-homosexuality act was scrapped on the basis of a technicality, it is a significant victory for Ugandan activists who have campaigned against this law.
  • (12) Others, though, recall abominable experiences and compare the inhumanity of the old NHS with the compassionate, personalised and technically excellent care they received in recent times.
  • (13) They will become the consultants and NHS leaders of the future, and will be unlikely to acquiesce so easily to myriad abominations imposed by politicians for the sheer fun of re-disorganising the service from the top.
  • (14) This abominable and filthy practice of sodomy has resulted in the great continent of Africa being riddled with Aids,” he said.
  • (15) The attitude expressed in Leviticus, that it was an abomination, was the order of the day."
  • (16) This was an absolutely abominable attack, it’s completely unacceptable,” she told reporters on Monday as she departed for a three-day trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
  • (17) He added: “One of the great ironies is that Kim Davis’s Pentecostal faith has historically viewed Catholicism as an idolatrous abomination of Christianity.
  • (18) I remember they [legislators] described us as ‘an abomination to God,’” said Harmon.
  • (19) In the meantime, he remains incarcerated in Scheveningen prison, in a suburb of The Hague He has described the cooking in Dutch jail as an "abomination".
  • (20) The more abominably the villains behave, the more admirable they are; there is equal pleasure in the story's joie de vivre and, indeed, its joie de mourir.

Terribly


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Another five years of Tory rule with all the terrible consequences that will have is bad enough.
  • (2) The talk coming from senior Tories – at least some of whom have the grace to squirm when questioned on this topic – suggesting that it's all terribly complicated, that it was a long time ago and that even SS members were, in some ways, themselves victims, is uncomfortably close to the kind of prattle we used to hear from those we called Holocaust revisionists.
  • (3) Criminal court charges leave me no choice but to resign as a magistrate Read more “This is a terrible piece of legislation introduced through the back door,” he wrote.
  • (4) Former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, also weighed in for Clinton in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday, declaring: “Donald J Trump is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security.” Republicans stumbling from the wreckage of a terrible week are worrying about how to contain the damage further down the ballot paper in November as people running for seats in Congress and at state level risk being swept away.
  • (5) We have to balance the risk posed to the environment by DDT with the terrible impact this virus is having on the unborn.” Britain is unlikely to be affected because Aedes aegypti cannot survive the cold of UK winters.
  • (6) (“The Dynasty of Bush” sounds like a terribly disparaging term for Linda Evans, Kate O’Mara and Joan Collins .
  • (7) I myself spent years – years – in a terrible kind of politically correct phase where I travelled to Nicaragua and called it “Niquragua” to observe the Sandinista revolution firsthand.
  • (8) If neighbouring Arab states put pressure on the rebel groups, the result could be a ceasefire and an end to the terrible violence.
  • (9) There were signs of encouragement early in the second half from Sunderland, and they should have pulled one back only for a terrible call from the assistant referee Eddie Smart.
  • (10) One of the terrible ironies of the Iraq War is that President Bush used the threat of nuclear terrorism to invade a country that had no active nuclear program.
  • (11) A new, terrible curse that comes on top of the bleaching, the battering, the poisoning and the pollution.
  • (12) Read more The agreement earned a mixed initial reception, with the UN hailing a “bold” and “groundbreaking” outcome even as other delegates complained of “a terrible precedent” and lack of moral leadership.
  • (13) The fact that they failed to do so is beyond terrible – it’s unconscionable.” Lichter Immigration, where Cintron works, has filed multiple state bar complaints against Taylor Lee & Associates on behalf of five women, including Lourdes Chavez Ramirez.
  • (14) Cattle are excellent converters of grass but terrible converters of concentrated feed.
  • (15) ​The experience of his wife's prolonged and terrible illness had not changed his mind, Inge said, but had made him understand, "at a heart and gut level" what the implications of a law on assisted suicide would be.
  • (16) This time he looked like a nodding dog in the back of a car that's been in a terrible crash.
  • (17) Michaels' Ms brainwave did not take root as quickly as she hoped - "It was terribly frustrating, because no one wanted to hear about it.
  • (18) I cracked a few jokes because I thought we had been through such a terrible event we need to laugh.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A man lays flowers outside the synagogue in Copenhagen after two deadly shootings.
  • (19) Above all, MPs should vote to stop needless misery for families afflicted by this rare but terrible disorder.
  • (20) This is a terrible government, and the Tories are deeply divided.

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