horrors
Example Sentences
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But because it involved cauterizing lesions, I was put under general anesthesia to spare me the horrors of experiencing it.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
I say this as someone who never had to deal with modern dating horrors, but has close friends who do, if they haven’t surrendered to heterofatalism entirely.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
Lucas Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece, and as a boy witnessed the horrors of the Greek Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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