terrify
Example Sentences
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Here’s the part that should terrify everyone buying “AI-powered trading systems” in 2025: Even now, with every firm on Wall Street running the same technology, Medallion still beats them.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
That should terrify every American, because once one group loses equal protection under the law, others will follow.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
Ahead of a rare new showing on the BBC, here’s a look at how the drama still has the potential to terrify people.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
The sum effect is to silence and terrify and isolate people who need to be able to ask for help in the midst of a crisis.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2024
She was so small, he thought about trying to carry her instead, but decided that would not only terrify her, it would probably make him seem like the world’s biggest tool.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Vocabulary lists containing terrify
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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The House of Hades
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