horrid

Example Sentences

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The forest ripped past Clare in a crimson smear, his reeling mind taking a beat too long to reach the horrid realization: The hour had struck midnight.

From Literature

Even as the horrid recital continued, two guards came out of the bunkers, carrying between them the form of a man.

From Literature

I didn’t have to touch that horrid reference letter—Join you at Bell—and now I’ll never have to see it again.

From Literature

Special dishwasher salt, meanwhile, helps to "soften the water preventing lime scale build up and those horrid white marks on glasses."

From BBC

They force him to drink some horrid potion, and next thing you know the poor chap’s evacuating from both ends.

From Literature