| I left him, with a strong foreboding that he would work me some direful mischief. |
| Bodies of the slain lay heaped about the ditch, sad and direful proofs of the fearful struggle on that well-remembered night. |
| Pliny the Elder not only considered lightning direful, but noticed it often accompanied volcanic eruptions. |
| Let us not think for a minute that all the direful results belong to the victim. |
| To and fro, to and fro, the dying man continued his direful walk. |
| It's a direful thing to have in your hands, a desiccated version of Lady Gaga's skirt-steak dress. |
