horrors

Example Sentences

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Passengers dress to “withstand the horrors” they might expect at the airport, such as a lengthy flight delay that could have them sleeping on the floor, according to Steele.

From The Wall Street Journal

I couldn’t stop reading about the horrors—especially the stories about orphan asylums filled with unloved and underfed waifs.

From Literature

We’re not shielded from the horrors, but they almost always happen offstage, implied or alluded to in the sudden vanishing of a loved one or a mournful reference to a death.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the horrors of war at sea are well-known, the Allies’ ill-fated supply convoys from Iceland to Russia are an often-overlooked theater of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

At this moment, somewhere on the internet, “Stranger Things” fans are rabidly and rapidly giving their feedback on how the series resolved the years-long plight of horrors faced by their favorite ragtag troop from Hawkins.

From Los Angeles Times