horrific

Example Sentences

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“All of a sudden I’m looking at really horrific images and at first you have nightmares — and at a certain point you kind of adjust,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“It takes something horrific and translates it into a visual language associated with childhood and play.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"It was absolutely horrific to see an animal in such distress, it was just awful," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He noted that his email exchanges with Maxwell "took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light," and he never had any business dealings with Epstein.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Exactly where Washington fit in this horrific picture is difficult to determine.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis