horrific
Example Sentences
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“No child should ever have to endure such horrific circumstances,” the D.A. said in the release in September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
A pensioner says trying to keep warm and afford heating this winter will be "horrific" amid rising energy costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care physician who had volunteered in Gaza, described the horrific scenes she witnessed.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
“This horrific phrase ‘nepo baby’ is horrible because these kids didn’t ask to be born into this,” Zeta-Jones told the Sunday Times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Then a more horrific thought came to me: The sun wasn’t being cruel at all.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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