harrow

Example Sentences

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Likewise, “Adolescence,” the towering English autopsy of youth spent online, a harrowing drama masterminded by actor Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini, who filmed his four episodes in four uncut takes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The film, which won the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, casts the harrowing story of a mother and her son against the backdrop of a gentrifying Harlem.

From Los Angeles Times

The film casts the harrowing story of a mother and her son against the backdrop of a gentrifying Harlem in New York.

From Seattle Times

The entrances to its buildings are barricaded with tables and chairs, and many of its white walls scrawled with angry messages, including a harrowing, “Long Live the Fire.”

From New York Times

After Ukraine took back control of Bucha, harrowing images of dead bodies lying in the street were beamed across the world.

From Reuters