And really, you are making an awful spectacle of yourself, going on like that.

A reporter who witnessed it also said it was "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging."

That wretched green cap and those awful spectacles.

She was honest enough to admit yesterday that in general terms, the tennis was an embarrassment and an awful spectacle for the 74 people watching.

He was an awful spectacle, mere bone with yellow skin stretched over it, and covered with filth and clotted blood from some hurt.

And what was revealed by this awful spectacle?

It is an awful spectacle to see a ride galloping through the finish with reins flapping, bouncing around on the horse's back.

The procedure had to be repeated and a reporter on hand described it as "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging."

He lowered his arms, and for two or three seconds stood in silence, submitting to the awful spectacle he had made.

A reporter who witnessed the execution wrote that it was "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging."