How to Use horrid in a Sentence

horrid

adjective
  • He's a horrid little man.
  • People there are living in horrid conditions.
  • Their windows and their kitchens are horrid.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • While the gummies themselves weren’t old, the smell and the taste are horrid.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • While the gummies themselves weren’t old, the smell and the taste are horrid.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • This fourth straight horrid campaign has been, in many ways, worse than the previous three.
    — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Looking horrid while wearing yellow as of late?
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Despite the horrid ice storm, Karahan found something that drew him in.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That's not enough of an offensive jolt to cope with Thomas' horrid defense.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Portland is far too good to have this poor of a record, as a horrid start to the season put them way back in the standings.
    — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Within six more days a horrid newspaper man learned the story.
    — Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Not only that, but this is a great matchup for Brown against this horrid Jaguars defense.
    — Matt Modi, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Jones seems to finally be on track following a horrid start to the season.
    — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The fourth sign is expected to go up soon, better designed to deal with the horrid attacks.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 26 July 2019
  • Young had just finished with Week 2 of his second season and had opened it with two horrid games.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • My wife hanging on to the console, the boat bucking in a horrid blow, lightning crackling.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2023
  • This boiling fountain of death is one of the most dismal, low, and horrid places, on which the light of the sun ever shone.
    — Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But this year’s horrid start pales in comparison to the previous three years.
    — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
  • And then, like, 20 percent of them die in the nets because the conditions are so horrid.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023
  • His 11 interceptions sound horrid, but as the film shows, a handful of those are not his fault.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 16 Oct. 2019
  • There were colors, jungle greens and browns, and that horrid noise — that blurring Matrix phone.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • For a team with that horrid of a defense to make the Finals would be unprecedented.
    — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • Legette has just finished Week 2 of his second season and opened it with two horrid games.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Both were key cogs in a Miami pitching staff trying to weather a horrid start.
    — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 May 2018
  • After a horrid start to the season, the Bucks have won 12 of their last 15 games.
    — Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In this horrid stretch, the A’s have given up 86 runs combined in their last 12 games.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • Go Ahead, Wine Raise a glass to celebrate the end of a horrid winter.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 21 May 2018
  • All those horrid Valentine’s Day cards from school just… disappeared!
    — Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

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