- present participle of terrify.
terrifying
Example Sentences
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The first act has a visceral, terrifying sequence with panicky close-ups of extras sprinting pell-mell toward the car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
System collapse reveals the terrifying truth: No one is at the wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Everything came crashing down. It was terrifying," Cristina Ruiz Lopez, a lab worker who was at a supermarket in Granada when the earthquake hit, wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The effects of a terrifying or life-threatening experience can continue long after the immediate danger has passed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
For a terrifying moment, I expected a second figure to emerge from the darkness—Yakov striding forward, cloaked in the same flames that had scarred him.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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