The gay, oblivious rush of the world to this war compounded its dreadfulness for subsequent generations, but Mr Allingham added a corrective. |
Here, he may err on the side of harshness, for all Chechnya's dreadfulness as a state. |
Any inclination to take any of this seriously is rapidly seen off by the kitschy dreadfulness of much of the writing. |
There had been barely a glance between us to betoken the dreadfulness of the moment. |
That's not to say it's a total success, it is a little camp and so doesn't quite replicate the dreadfulness of the novel. |
There was infinite pathos in the tones as she repeated the words so fraught with dreadfulness. |