horrors

Example Sentences

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Katie Woodcock, Henry's stepmother, told the court: "I replay the horrors of that night over again. It keeps me awake at night."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In a nearby tent was Zuhoor Musa Abdul Rahman, a 30-year-old housewife who recounted with unnatural calm the horrors that spurred her to flee El Fasher, a city some 300 miles east of Obeid.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Olga Freidenberg’s journals recorded the indignities and horrors of daily life in the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

She wondered how David always managed to think practical thoughts, no matter what horrors were in front of him.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld