How to Use annus horribilis in a Sentence

annus horribilis

noun
  • The most annus horribilis of years in decades is nearly over.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 2020-12-29
  • The arms’ length of Latin led to a resurgence of annus horribilis.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 2021-03-11
  • This year was not only an annus horribilis for stock markets, but also for the lords of the tech world.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2022-12-31
  • Last year was our annus horribilis, and our expectations for this year are bound to be impossible.
    — New York Times, 2021-02-08
  • The Queen’s old label of annus horribilis for her own most troubled time hardly seems adequate.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 2020-12-31
  • Still, for Boeing, the malfunction caps an annus horribilis.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2019-12-20
  • By then, the people will have had time to digest the bizarre events of the annus horribilis — and with their votes make the necessary compensations.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 2020-12-31
  • The annus horribilis that was 2020 was marked by more than just a terrible bug, and the direct chaos that ensued.
    — Paul Earle, Forbes, 2021-04-14
  • The outcome will provide a capstone to what has been America’s annus horribilis.
    — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 2020-10-04
  • Can anything possibly go good in this annus horribilis of 2020?
    — Star Tribune, 2020-09-21
  • In the annus horribilis that is 2020, millions of Americans are again out of work.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 2020-10-08
  • Bad: Few would be surprised to learn that 2017 was Green Flash’s annus horribilis.
    — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2018-03-22
  • In California, nearly as many acres have burned so far this year as burned in the entire annus horribilis of 2018.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2021-09-07
  • Despite its annus horribilis in 2017, the company has continued to grow its customer base, and the value of its stock has gone up.
    — Alexis Papazoglou, The New Republic, 2019-07-22
  • For Netflix, 2022 was in some ways what Queen Elizabeth might have called an annus horribilis.
    — Vulture, 2022-12-16
  • The Queen made her annus horribilis speech on November 24, just four days after the Windsor Castle fire.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 2022-11-13
  • With restrictions rescinded, crowds are bound to flock once more, and likely in even greater number, as domestic travel continues to remedy the lingering effects of our very own annus horribilis.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 2022-01-25
  • Thorns on all sides This lawsuit, Waymo v. Uber, was a major element in 2017, Uber’s annus horribilis.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 2018-02-10
  • The Queen once famously called 1992—the year where three out of her four children ended their marriages and Windsor Castle caught fire—her annus horribilis.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2021-05-11
  • Last year energy rebounded from the annus horribilis of 2020 and became the best-performing sector in the U.S. equity and debt markets.
    — Paul H. Tice, WSJ, 2022-03-15
  • Since then, the media speculations, themed apparel, and Twitter memes have only proliferated – 2020, our annus horribilis.
    — Michael S. Hopkins, The Christian Science Monitor, 2020-11-25
  • As post-pandemic America continues to open up, many of us will face the prospect of ditching all those loose-fitting tops, shorts, sweats, yoga pants, chanclas and other comfy clothing that helped get us through the annus horribilis that was 2020.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 2021-06-11
  • Eventually, these non-decomposable medical accessories would form their own geological layer, a permanent mark of the annus horribilis 2020 in our earthly strata.
    — Laura Bliss, Smithsonian Magazine, 2022-04-18

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