horrifying
Example Sentences
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O'Farrell calls his attitude to the famine "upsetting and horrifying".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In the Dutch case, Brand said he was approached by a man who had recently uncovered two horrifying secrets: he was a descendant of Seyffardt, and his family had displayed the looted art for years.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Safety data from 1920 shows that car-related death rates were a horrifying 20 times as high as today, when calculated on a per-mile-driven basis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
We have far more intimate, horrifying knowledge about the fundamental evil of power and fame, but little we can do to fight it.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
But perhaps the most horrifying images from Riefenstahl’s film were seemingly the most innocent.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
