harrowed

Example Sentences

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Harrowed by an ordeal they thought would kill them, the miners emerged into the spotlight after a daring televised rescue that captivated the world, and several are still being treated for trauma.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2011

Harrowed by fear that he will not get into college, Joseph is plucked from Brooklyn's comforting concrete and deposited in a summer camp to work as a waiter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harrowed by remorse, he asked to be placed in solitary confinement.

From Time Magazine Archive

His clothes were tatter'd and his rent skin showed, Harrowed with thorns.

From Georgian Poetry 1918-19 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

Harrowed with horror and anguish, Jervis and Elster stood, and with no more power to move from the spot than the senseless stones that lay around them.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison