horrify

Example Sentences

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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

More than four decades after it first crept onto movie screens, “Alien” remains one of the scariest films ever made, with scenes that continue to horrify and shock even after repeated viewings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

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

My choices would no doubt horrify Aunt Ivy, but if they brought me friends like Perilee, it seemed like I was surely headed in the right direction.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson