When Smith left, the expanding colony contained 507 members; six terrible months later only 61 remained.

It had been a terrible month for us.

Saxon's mind went back to the terrible months in the Pine street cottage.

He had killed himself after trying to get a job for six terrible months.

Leonard Grice is a very dear man and he's been through a terrible six months.

But friendship, she feared, could not compete with the invisible predator that had been upon him all these terrible months.

For five long and terrible months he succeeded.

Under these conditions, June may be a terrible month.

The 23-year-old Mickelson is clearly back as a force on the tour after three terrible months of golf.

After the past few terrible months, I haven't had the heart for it.