How To Use Atrocious In A Sentence
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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I would venture the opinion that the TRC was a logical conclusion to our atrocious and shameful past.
SPEECH BY ADV DE LANGE ANC MP DURING THE PRESIDENT'S TABLING OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE TRC
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The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.
Times, Sunday Times
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The ceremony was witnessed by about a hundred people, in atrocious weather conditions, but the event still went off well.
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Moreover it seems to me atrocious that we who insist on seven millions of Catholics supporting a church they call heretical, should dare to talk of our scruples (conscientious scruples forsooth!) about assisting with a poor pittance of very insufficient charity their 'damnable idolatry.'
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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I am a sub-editor for a website myself and know this to be extremely hard work, but any writer that chose to use such atrocious English as that would have the book thrown at them.
Monthly Firefox-Themed Wallpapers With Embedded Calendars | Lifehacker Australia
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Ordinary people here have shown they care about the atrocious living conditions of our indigenous peoples.
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On Thursday Woods hit the ball decently and putted atrociously.
Tiger Woods struggles again but makes the cut at Fry.com Open
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The generally poor and occasionally atrocious quality of the writing doesn't help.
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There are plenty of grown-ups who could give a hoot about anything to do with the poorly-written, atrociously-acted mess that is Twilight.
This week's cover: 'New Moon' Exclusive: Which of Robert Pattinson's costars does he find the most difficult? His hair. | EW.com
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They know how to move to the right part of a mountain in atrocious weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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Neither a slave nor a free colored person can be a witness against any _white_, or free person, in a court of justice, however atrocious may have been the crimes they have seen him commit, if such testimony would be for the benefit of a _slave_; but they may give testimony
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
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So I feel very disquieted by any suggestion that this is a memoir showing people how possible it is to make the most of a bad start, how to love parents who have behaved atrociously, how to somehow miraculously rise above trauma out of sheer good will.
The Glass Castle « Tales from the Reading Room
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Conditions were so atrocious in rains triggered by an approaching typhoon that no helicopter could fly him to hospital.
The Sun
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They are forced to open in the winter when the weather is atrocious and the roads are dangerous.
The Sun
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The atrocious weather made the route treacherous in places.
The Sun
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A most sacred obligation was bound up with a most atrocious crime.
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Given the atrocious landings and the fact that the rock is extremely treacherous when wet, many climbs are very bold.
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The atrocious weather made the route treacherous in places.
The Sun
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As the only one of the white lady volunteers who spoke the language of the Chinese inmates, Pearl heard atrocious accounts of physical and mental abuse, violence, torture, starvation, and rape inflicted on girls thrown out or sold by their families into forced labor, working in brothels or as domestic slaves terrorized by the mistress of the household and passed from hand to hand by the master, his sons, and his menservants.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
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In her autobiography she said curiosity had made her take the job, but 60 years on she admits she failed to let herself see the atrociousness of the regime she worked for.
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She was given an indefinite sentence for her part in that atrocious crime, yet has been deemed fit for release.
The Sun
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Let's not sugar-coat this: The Nationals' defense the last few days has been atrocious.
What's up with the awful defense?
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The weather has been atrocious all week.
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Or the insatiable market for pirated DVD titles, despite the atrocious video quality resulting from being 'recorded' in a noisy theater with a shaky hand-held camera, and the 5.1 soundtrack being reduced to a monaural garble, (thanks to the built-in $3 microphone).
Would you buy a ‘no-name’ brand television? | Sync Blog
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He said: 'There is no excuse for my atrocious behaviour.
The Sun
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an atrocious automobile accident
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The conditions they lived in were atrocious: overcrowded lodging houses, cellars, and garrets, shanty towns in the insalubrious districts beyond the town walls.
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Re: Bremen's atrociousness, esp. at set pieces - don't people ever practice these things?" thunders Paul Szabo.
Tottenham v Werder Bremen - as it happened
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The atrocious scheme of "assorting" the Jews is nailed down by Vorontzov as "a bloody operation over a whole class of people," which is threatened "not only with hardships, but also with annihilation through poverty.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)
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In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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Monday was an atrocious day of rain over much of Ireland and parts of the UK.
Times, Sunday Times
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In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.
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It is a contrast to four years ago, when nearly 2,500 competitors were rescued from flooded moorland after atrocious wet weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was abominable, atavistic and atrocious, big, black and brutal, cruel cold and callous, and so on.
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The lettering on that had strongly resembled a monkey scrawl, while the spelling and grammar were equally atrocious.
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Nothing short of atrocious" is such an exaggeration.
The Last Airbender Movie Trailer #3 | /Film
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Lord Vader, your taste in decorating is just atrocious.
I Don't Know If It's Art, But I Know What I Like
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The atrocious weather has just given them another reason to delay their festive shopping.
Times, Sunday Times
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We did the maximum we could in these atrocious conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
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What unbelievably atrocious behaviour that woman displayed!
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
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These atrocious conditions could have been avoided.
Times, Sunday Times
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The weather was atrocious, with heavy snow and high winds.
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The British press has been atypically lenient in its review of his atrociously indecorous behaviour.
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They know how to move to the right part of a mountain in atrocious weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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Conditions were so atrocious in rains triggered by an approaching typhoon that no helicopter could fly him to hospital.
The Sun
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In the old orthodox society the Sati system of widows mounting the funeral pyre of their husbands was an atrocious practice.
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Tell them never mind, because eggnog is atrocious.
December 2008
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I'm sure every boodler saw that headline, "Abbas flies home to violent opposition," and had the same thought, which is: They weren't THAT awful of a band, even if "Dancing Queen" is pretty atrocious.
Friday's random notes
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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IMO condi and colin were probably the best of an atrocious administration.
Obama Camp Hits Back At Hillary's Reagan Criticism
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All the other spellings are just horrid and atrocious, and trendifying an extremely beautiful name.
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Saloniki & joined other POW's in atrocious conditions, & after some time there, we were loaded into cattle trucks, 40 to a truck.
Frank Cox
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I understand the idea of embracing the label as a way of reducing its "power" or turning it around but I also think it takes the power away from the atrociousness of truly bad mothers – those that beat, abuse and neglect their children.
The Bad Mother Manifesto | Her Bad Mother
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The combination of atrocious weather and poor pre-tournament publicity led to a virtual boycott by the public, while the staging of the event over three courses so far apart was a logistical nightmare.
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I have to admit, at 27 my hearing is atrocious - to the point where I cannot distinguish a voice in a crowd or understand conversation when there is background noise.
Can You Hear Me Now?
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It was abominable, atavistic and atrocious, big, black and brutal, cruel cold and callous, and so on.
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The game was also notable for an atrocious four-man foul on Kerry's most exciting player, Mickey O'Sullivan, who never played the game again.
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Given the way mothers have been atrociously treated, who can blame young women for not being prepared to take the risk.
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He had written the note from memory, word perfect, and spelled atrociously.
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I was noting again the weird way in which the American press has done such a fine job reporting the scandal, and then turned around and done such an all-fired atrocious job analyzing the scandal.
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When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks.
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As in Cambodian, the atrocious way the U.S. fought the war contributed significantly to the disaster – at least in Cambodia – after the war ended.
Matthew Yglesias » After Defeat
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Frankly, I'm disgusted by the atrocious writing I have to read every day as part of my job.
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The US Midwest also suffered atrocious rains and flash floods.
Times, Sunday Times
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This seemed harsh bearing in mind the atrocious conditions that led to uncertain footing.
Times, Sunday Times
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The weather has been atrocious all week.
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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to more atrocious undertakings; soon there will be no one but soldiers and bandits.
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If the tour were cancelled, a valuable opportunity to raise public awareness of the atrocious regime would be lost.
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The sound of that is something quite atrocious.
The Sun
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I understand the idea of embracing the label as a way of reducing its "power" or turning it around but I also think it takes the power away from the atrociousness of truly bad mothers - those that beat, abuse and neglect their children.
The Bad Mother Manifesto
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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A particularly atrocious George Will piece, abusive of sources and any valid claim to legitimate factual discussion, has raised an outroar in the blogosphere that has now moved to major environmental organizations calling on The Washington Post to correct Will's disinformation.
A. Siegel: New York Times Stands in Solidarity with Washington Post
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They began shortly after I had finished the concerto with an atrocious carbuncle resulting from an insect sting.
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QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN: On behalf of the people of Jordan, let me express my heartfelt concern for the citizens of Southern California, as they battle atrocious and dangerous wildfires.
CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2007
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The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.
Times, Sunday Times
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But it was terrible for everyone, and people not in my cohort also told me the first year is always atrocious.
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Both were hasty, erratic, impulsive men and capable of atrocious judgment.
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No more seedy bars, inept passes or atrocious chat-up lines.
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Civil society organizations and legal experts have criticized the ruling to free the men, who are accused of having plotted atrocious crimes, such as detonating bombs in two of İstanbul's biggest mosques during busy prayer hours.
TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
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And the weather was too atrocious to bear.
Times, Sunday Times
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The roads resound with atrocious profanity, and the rowdyism of the saloons and bar-rooms is repressed, not extirpated.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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Conditions were so atrocious in rains triggered by an approaching typhoon that no helicopter could fly him to hospital.
The Sun
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The atrocious weather has just given them another reason to delay their festive shopping.
Times, Sunday Times
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And a best thing about Aix, the parking is atrocious except plenty of it on the outskirts (which is good for us bipeds)
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day
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'On my life, Stanley, I'll acquaint Mr. Wylder this evening with what you meditate, and the atrocious liberty you presume -- yes, Sir, though you are my brother, the _atrocious liberty_ you dare to take with my name -- unless you promise, upon your honour, now and here, to dismiss for ever the odious and utterly resultless scheme.'
Wylder's Hand
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The atrocious acts of terror in New York have shocked the world.
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She speaks French with an atrocious accent.
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A comeback show with just two songs was something quite atrocious.
The Sun
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She was given an indefinite sentence for her part in that atrocious crime, yet has been deemed fit for release.
The Sun
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Despite atrocious weather, they stuck it out through the night for their shot at fame.
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The sound of that is something quite atrocious.
The Sun
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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The atrocious weather meant a hard long climb, their food became depleted, they were exhausted and mistakes began to happen.
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Perhaps she will come good by the last episode but it will only be because the TV cameras hold up a mirror to her atrocious behaviour.
The Sun
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Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
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All kinds of atrocious policies -- from Lyndon Johnson's war on Vietnam to Jimmy Carter's midterm swerve rightward to Bill Clinton's neoliberal measures such as NAFTA, "welfare reform" and Wall Street deregulation -- were calamities facilitated by acquiescence or mild dissent from many left-leaning Democrats.
Norman Solomon: Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster
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It was incredible to stand on top of that peak and think that Birkeland had spent a winter (often braving atrocious weather conditions) with this breath-taking view stretching north to the Arctic Sea and south to the mountain plateau that is the winter home of the Sabme (Lapp) reindeer herders.
A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights
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The fine literary novelist Philip Hensher—whose "King of the Badgers" had been widely expected to feature on the list—had the most vinegary line on the subject: "Perhaps one shouldn't be surprised," he wrote in a column in the Sunday Telegraph, "since four of the five judges have themselves written thrillers in an amateur capacity—some quite good, some, such as chair of the judges Dame Stella Rimington's faltering efforts, atrociously bad.
Kapow! Superheroes Still Pack a Punch
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Despite his self-professed ‘taste for pleasure,’ Morris was a dynamo of committee work, never flinching from long nights of tedious but necessary administrative scutwork in often atrocious conditions.
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Despite the country's atrocious human rights records, the world community has done very little in response.
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We did the maximum we could in these atrocious conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
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In the opinion of the Chamber, there is no doubt that considering their undeniable scale, their systematic nature and their atrociousness, the massacres were aimed at exterminating the group that was targeted.
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Cheltenham is used to atrocious weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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The generally poor and occasionally atrocious quality of the writing doesn't help.
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Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions.
The Sun
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I did notice that the spelling in most of the unwanted e-mails I happen to read is generally atrocious.
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Well, Larry, I hate to be in a position where I'm second-guessing anything, but I've said all along this media strategy is atrocious.
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Despite the bombastic patriotism, drooling machine porn, all-round political dodginess, atrocious comedy, antiquated alien-invasion plot, etc, there's something oddly compelling about metropolitan destruction and high-tech combat rendered on this scale.
This week's new films
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Beaches were deserted as atrocious rains, wind and some spectacular thunderstorms ruined summer holidays.
Times, Sunday Times
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Giant, hulking water trucks are still making their deliveries to camps and residential areas, the sun is still blisteringly hot, and traffic along the city's main arteries is still atrocious.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind
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This seemed harsh bearing in mind the atrocious conditions that led to uncertain footing.
Times, Sunday Times
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She was given an indefinite sentence for her part in that atrocious crime, yet has been deemed fit for release.
The Sun
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The critics here have a good point: the whole thing is written in this atrocious faux-Elizabethan monologue, and has no character development, no description, and the sketchiest of plots.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa)
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But your overgeneralization of Idol this year ignores the fact that the show hasn't slipped in the ratings despite the new judges, and whether you like or loathe what this group of singers is doing (not counting those atrocious medleys), you have to admit they're each distinctive, and I know many viewers who are passionate about Scottie and James (and even the remaining girls) for very different reasons.
Ask Matt: Fringe, The Voice, Justified, Glee and More!
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atrociously expensive
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Lowery said Mexican tariffs are "atrociously" high.
Ajc.com - News
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What unbelievably atrocious behaviour that woman displayed!
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
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Rod "The Cheese" Cheeseman, with his gappy English teeth, atrocious jandal and jeans combos and hilarious lack of impulse control.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
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Besides it was not simple apostasy, but combined with atrocious contumelies and reproaches against God himself.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1
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Cheltenham is used to atrocious weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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We paid £3,000 for an all-inclusive holiday and the food was atrocious.
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It was possibly the most atrocious monstrosity every pulled off on American soil.
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What unbelievably atrocious behaviour that woman displayed!
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
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Monday was an atrocious day of rain over much of Ireland and parts of the UK.
Times, Sunday Times
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This new method has important application value for the hydrology measurement under atrocious environment.
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Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions.
The Sun
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A comeback show with just two songs was something quite atrocious.
The Sun
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Stravinsky was, in Adorno's opinion, evading existentialist man's duty to confront his own times in all their complexity and atrociousness.
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I'm sure he didn't mean to say something atrocious.
Times, Sunday Times
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Factory-farmed chickens are transported and slaughtered under atrociously inhumane conditions, says Weisberg.
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First was too snatchy, second meant constant clutch slipping, resulting in wrist-ache after a few days, and the weather, which was unseasonably atrocious.
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They lived in atrocious conditions and were rigidly controlled by their elders.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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The atrocious weather has just given them another reason to delay their festive shopping.
Times, Sunday Times
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A most sacred obligation was bound up with a most atrocious crime.
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Beaches were deserted as atrocious rains, wind and some spectacular thunderstorms ruined summer holidays.
Times, Sunday Times
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The reviews were terrible, though I was personally guilty of the most atrociously contrary humbug by attempting to claim that the movie really wasn't as utterly awful as everyone was saying.
Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people
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They lived in atrocious conditions and were rigidly controlled by their elders.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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As I have set out earlier, we have both suffered atrociously in the past and substantially depend on one another.
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I do agree with Paglia in her observation that over the [last several] decades, poetry and poetry study were steadily marginalised by pretentious 'theory' - which claims to analyse language but atrociously abuses it.
Poetry
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Nearly the entire 200 kilometre stretch of road was lined with the epitome of mediocrity; a mess of atrocious looking utility hovels, sheds, shops and repair facilities.
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I don't think I've been getting enough exercise and my posture is atrocious.
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Case studies, meanwhile, include some orphaned sea otters and a polar bear with atrocious social skills.
Times, Sunday Times
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The plethora of mediocre, bad, and atrocious charter schools speaks to this, as does the fact that, in totality, charters actually underperform their traditional counterparts.
Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman'
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Search and rescue crews are scouring the Kahurangi National Park in "atrocious" weather for a French tramper who has been missing for three days.
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We paid £3,000 for an all-inclusive holiday and the food was atrocious.
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The drinks are atrociously overpriced and under-strong.
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Our grandfathers witnessed the most atrocious period ever to have occurred; hopefully nothing like that will ever happen again.
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He had written the note from memory, word perfect, and spelled atrociously.
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It is simply that, although human beings are conditioned by social circumstances into behaving in atrocious ways, those circumstances must have something to operate on.
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His positional sense is, put simply, atrocious.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were both dressed in atrocious outfits, and one-time ANTM catchphrase photog Gilles Bensimon notched nearly 30 seconds of screen time.
'America's Next Top Model' recap: And the winner is... | EW.com
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It is a contrast to four years ago, when nearly 2,500 competitors were rescued from flooded moorland after atrocious wet weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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Margaret's English spelling was atrocious, the handwriting not quite legible, sentences ungrammatical, disconnected or incomplete - a condition attributed to dyslexia or malfunctioning of the brain.
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His behaviour in class was atrocious, because he was anxious and worried.
Times, Sunday Times
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If there is no garden to overflow into, or the weather is atrocious, the whole day may have to be spent indoors.
Times, Sunday Times
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Who can say they wouldn't do something atrocious if in an extreme situation?
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Owen Coyle had scored the winner at Everton away with a sublime left-foot strike that curled around Neville Southall and served him right for all his atrocious time-wasting over the two legs.
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Also, I have witnessed the most atrocious driving by some Bradford taxi drivers, placing other road users in jeopardy.
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'Oh, atrocious!' it shrieks, in agony, and in anger too, as if the very keenness of the infliction were a proof of its injustice.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
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But we poor deluded souls keep colouring our hair in the wildest and most atrocious colours possible.
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His timing is atrocious.
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But we poor deluded souls keep colouring our hair in the wildest and most atrocious colours possible.
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I have written before about how atrocious an assumption this is.
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Despite its revulsion at the atrociousness of the law, the appeals court did not take the next logical step and void the law completely.
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Nothing beats a bowl of popcorn and an atrociously bad movie.
BU Blog Out: Jaleta Clegg — Fusion Despatches
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A comeback show with just two songs was something quite atrocious.
The Sun
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His acting abilities were atrocious and he was given deadpan parts because of it, but over the years with a fair bit of elocution and acting lessons, he became areally good actor blog comments powered by Disqus
Jason Momoa is the New Conan the Barbarian | /Film
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We did the maximum we could in these atrocious conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
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The people who are committing these atrocious acts are few, but they are mainly foreigners.
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Many of my friends said, "Don't do that; if you do that the cruelties will be always more and more atrocious; we are a weak people; we have to undergo the conditions of occupation; if we resist, our lot will be worse; you may not resist in public; let us wait passively with patience and confidence in our God; let us wait the moment of our liberation.
The German Occupation of Belgium
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While the cuotas from Puebla to Veracruz State and on the La Venita-Tuxtla cutoff are in atrocious condition in places, the roads in Chiapas are really excellent even in many parts of the outback.
Pico Orizaba to The Mountains of OZ Over the Highways From Hell
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This seemed harsh bearing in mind the atrocious conditions that led to uncertain footing.
Times, Sunday Times
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A private act of masturbation, even masturbation to the tellings of rape victims, would be less detrimental on the whole than what happened with the so-called sexpert putting such an atrocious statement dismissing the recountings of rape victims out there for the malestream media to circle jerk with.
Link Farm and Open Thread #7
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Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions.
The Sun
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Bozo The Neoclown says: bobby swindle is soooooooo last year’s news …. after the shining start of the repugnantscum party crashed, burned and fell to the earth after that atrocious rebuttal to obama’s speech.
Think Progress » Did Jindal Bribe Louisiana’s Attorney General To Force Him To Join Frivolous Health Care Lawsuit? (UPDATED)
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Perhaps she will come good by the last episode but it will only be because the TV cameras hold up a mirror to her atrocious behaviour.
The Sun
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The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.
Times, Sunday Times
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All soccer fixtures were cancelled at the weekend due to the atrocious weather conditions.
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After making my first tuition payment last week, I'm thinking of launching a one-man crusade against the atrociously high cost of higher education today.
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If she had been an ugly woman, one would not have cared so much, though it would have been provoking; but for a handsome creature like her to have her beauty put in peril by such an atrocious piece of carelessness is something to make one's blood boil!
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
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This "winter water" I know, my French is atrocious for me springtime-bright: heavy on the hawthorne and iris, with more than a touch of the "whoopee" feeling that I got from Serge Lutens Santal Blanc, but gossamer light.
You Gotta Have Friends...
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The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.
Times, Sunday Times
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The policy is atrocious and an insult to soldiers and their families.
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This year I am going to spend Christmas Day slumped in front of the telly in an atrocious velour tracksuit.
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He was haughty, erratic, self-obsessed and his violin-playing was atrocious.
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Let us picture a small, comparatively weak, nation, governed by someone who commits any number of atrocious crimes to stay in power.
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Look at people like Henry Kissinger whose command of English far exceeds that of a majority of Americans, yet his accent is atrocious and he has never been able to improve upon it.
Long-timers, what can�t you still pronounce well in Spanish?
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They lived in atrocious conditions and were rigidly controlled by their elders.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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In practice, this meant all but the most atrocious offenses got mere wrist slaps.
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But to be without praise, and therein essay our powers, must we live ill, yea so abandonedly and atrociously, that no one should know without detesting us?
The Confessions
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It's all very art school and very London, and it's no surprise that they're cohorts of the atrocious sloganeer.
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In between he told tasteless jokes and scoffed at the atrocious British weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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Cheltenham is used to atrocious weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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The bullet lodged so near the brain that he suffered atrocious headaches for the next twenty years.
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In many ways the Vietnam War, though of an atrociousness the Afghanistan War has not yet approached, was pursued by the U.S. obedient to a much sounder theory than any offered for the present war.
David Bromwich: The Afghanistan Parenthesis [UPDATED]
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He said: 'There is no excuse for my atrocious behaviour.
The Sun
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Given that I usually only take transit in atrocious weather, I'll be very happy to transfer to the SkyTrain part way to work and avoid the extra five blocks walk from the bus stop down a treacherous icy hill.
Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09
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And it is unquestionably true that throughout history people have used the Bible to justify atrocious acts.
Times, Sunday Times
