terrifying

Example Sentences

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“Sometimes I think if you don’t think too much about how terrifying it is, and you’re just thrown into it, that’s better.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The mall king was both feared and admired and could be both charming and terrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"It was terrifying because there was no-one there, it was just me and him."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

As scholars like Amanda Frost, Kate Masur and Martha Jones demonstrate, abolitionists and free Black activists used the concept of citizenship by birthright to make claims of freedom and otherwise challenge inequitable and terrifying circumstances.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Masha always tried to get Galya to distract her in the air on the way to a mission, to take her mind off the hard and terrifying work that lay ahead.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein