- present participle of horrify.
horrifying
Example Sentences
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It could be a pretty boring, sometimes horrifying process — I’ll never forget the thrash metal song we received about Shannen Doherty that sounded like it was recorded in a blender.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
These guys have long been trained to understand they’re building tools with potentially horrifying implications, and they’re not wrong about that.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
And it’s going to be beautiful and awful and horrifying and sacred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He covers topics in the zeitgeist related to wellness, cultural etiquette, masculinity and lifestyle/style trends—basically all the weird, funny, inspired and horrifying things being thrown at us in this moment of "maxxing."
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
It made sense, but it didn’t make it any less horrifying.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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