horrify
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Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, Little-Pengelly said the rates of violence against women in Northern Ireland should "horrify all of us".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The mode of transportation is an especially good opportunity for parents to horrify their teenagers.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024
But just as his irreverent novels dismay some adults, the tadpoles produce comics — all acted out hilariously onstage — that horrify their adoptive father.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
That detail didn't horrify some nearly as much as his and Chapel's usage of a serum not yet seen before in "Star Trek."
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023
I horrify the French every time I open my mouth.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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