harrowed

Example Sentences

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Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

A Polish-French co-production, it takes place almost entirely in Hamela’s van, with the camera capturing the harrowed passengers, one group after another in countless journeys made between March and November of 2022.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

But when Patterson visits his now middle-aged high school sweetheart, he is left harrowed and heartbroken.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

To see “American Buffalo” now, in a time when everyone seems to talk like Teach, is to be unsurprised — and thus, in a way, more harrowed.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

At that Ged lifted up the staff high, and the radiance of it brightened intolerably, burning with so white and great a light that it compelled and harrowed even that ancient darkness.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin