Direful

"Direful" in a Sentence (3 examples)

I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]

read what destiny / Or other dyrefull hap from heaven or hell / Hath wrought this wicked deed […].

"As whence the sun gins his reflection, shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break."

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