awfully quiet
Frequency: 7.417.5 per million words
Used to emphasize a notable lack of noise.
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Examples (20)
- The house was awfully quiet after the kids left for camp.
- Everyone went awfully quiet.
- It's awfully quiet in here; I wonder what the children are up to.
- The room was awfully quiet after the news.
- The forest became awfully quiet just before the storm.
- Why is it awfully quiet in here tonight?
- With everyone on vacation, the office is awfully quiet this week.
- She became awfully quiet when the topic changed.
- Why is it so awfully quiet tonight?
- The usually bustling street was awfully quiet during the lockdown.
- He's been awfully quiet since he received the news.
- He noticed the children were awfully quiet, which made him suspicious.
- The library was awfully quiet, even for a library.
- After the argument, the car ride was awfully quiet.
- The classroom will be awfully quiet during the exam.
- It's awfully quiet for a Friday night at this restaurant.
- The city, usually bustling with noise, was awfully quiet in the early morning.
- A sudden snowfall made the city awfully quiet.
- Stay alert. It's awfully quiet out there.
- The forest was awfully quiet, almost eerily so, before the storm.