terrify

Example Sentences

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Bellowing "Silence, everyone!" to terrified parliamentarians, the man with a bushy moustache and shiny tricorn quickly caught the public's attention in an image engraved on the nation's collective memory.

From Barron's

They were off, heading down the terrifyingly steep incline, picking up speed with each passing second.

From Literature

He was terrifyingly ugly and smelled even worse.

From Literature

"We were locked inside, terrified," Maria de Jesus Gonzalez said as she moved forward through a long line at the supermarket.

From Barron's

Still, if another young client terrified of market risk had reached out to Shafransky, that might warrant a 5% weighting to gold, he says.

From Barron's