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

In its own way, that’s even more chilling and resonant than the horrors of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Finally the sport has let its hair down about horrors like bat flips and guess what: It’s been good for baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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

Like other horrors I have witnessed in the arena, it has reached the end of its territory.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins