1. the awful war
2. an awful risk
3. dire news
4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
5. the dread presence of the headmaster
6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
7. a dreadful storm
8. a fearful howling
9. horrendous explosions shook the city
10. a terrible curse
1. "...love of truth is something fearsome and mighty."
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Friedrich Nietzsche, Schopenhauer as Educator
2. "The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! -Bacchus"
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Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
3. "SAWs were not metal things with little teeth, good for cutting wood. SAWs were Squad Automatic Weapons, which were fearsome fully-automatic machine guns, with fearsome capacities and fearsome capabilities."
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Lee Child, Never Go Back
4. "this, then, is how we first came across the fearsome secret history of turkey's mannequins."
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Orhan Pamuk, The Black Book
5. "... a man's most useful friend and fearsome foe is the poet."
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John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor
6. "The mighty lion toys with the mouse that crosses his path—any other reaction would mar his fearsome reputation."
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Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
7. "Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium."
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Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
8. "One popular fantasy book featuring a boy wizard who shall not be named calls my fearsome dog "Fluffy."
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Vicky Alvear Shecter, Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead
9. "I have several people among my acquaintances who might be described as 'fearsome rogues.' Did he give a name?"
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Pamela Belle, Alethea
10. "Zembla, Zenda, Xanadu: All our dream-worlds may come true. Fairy lands are fearsome too. As I wander far from view Read, and bring me home to you."
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Quote by Salman Rushdie