horrify
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Nigel Farage has made it his life’s work to disrupt, delight, dismay, horrify, and he reckons he is not done yet.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Take the following quiz to imagine a future and learn if that future will horrify you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
But it is just this demand—- the requirement that citizens find ways to navigate a social world which will, necessarily, often baffle and horrify them—- that liberal societies must impose.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
But just as his irreverent novels dismay some adults, the tadpoles produce comics — all acted out hilariously onstage — that horrify their adoptive father.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
This table is sure to horrify any knowledgeable scholar, because it reduces exceedingly complex histories to a few seemingly precise dates.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The prospect of selling it horrifies them; handing it on is what they seek to do.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
“All those dissidents going into Lefortovo — the name horrifies you,” she said in an interview with ABC’s “Nightline” that aired early on Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Love has thrill, it has mystery, it has comedy, it touches you and it horrifies you.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
And it leads to Erin and Michelle having a big argument: Michelle wants her brother to come home, which horrifies Erin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
The thought of spending whatever remains of my life in this stone vault horrifies me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Residents and wild swimmers were horrified to find them washed up on Saturday, appearing to gasp for air, in the River Wensum through Norwich.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
I checked my teeth in the visor mirror and was immediately horrified by thick saggy jowls, eye bags and liver spots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I’m a recruiter and I set a candidate up with a hiring manager and she took the Zoom interview from her bed,” said another, apparently horrified, commenter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The adults, hearing our incessant laughter, came into the room, instantly became horrified and confiscated the game.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Zita told her mother what he’d said, that Bobby was looking for a breeder, Mrs. Rajcsanyi was horrified.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
As Ms. Du Feng shows us, the prospect is horrifying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Al Otro Lado is another truly horrifying decision with, again, Sam Alito writing for the six.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Videos show horrifying, but now predictable, images of entire blocks flattened and basic infrastructure in shambles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
At the time, Hilton shared the devastating news on Instagram, revealing that she had been watching live news coverage when she saw the horrifying flames consume her own house.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
They all have horrifying grammar, but they’re really friendly.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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