- present participle of terrify.
terrifying
Example Sentences
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"You can post something, or someone will take a video of something, and the fact that it can be permanently online is actually quite terrifying," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
My testing of them revealed an incredible and terrifying part of our new reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
But “that’s a conversation nobody wants to have because falling prices are great for buyers and absolutely terrifying for people who bought at the top,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Although the encounter itself was terrifying, revelations about Shrine’s past have compounded her fears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
As you might imagine, he never recovered from his terrifying encounter with the Ghost of Librarian Past.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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