terrifying
Example Sentences
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"There were embers falling everywhere. It was terrifying," cattle farmer Scott Purcell told ABC.
From Barron's
Attractions could be startling, scary, even terrifying—whatever it took for customers to feel more like participants in blockbuster movies than observers of the filmmaking process.
The Crans-Montana fire bears the signature of flashover, the terrifying phenomenon by which a growing fire ignites much of a room nearby simultaneously.
"It's the most terrifying experience of my life. You don't realise how powerful the water is until it's taking you away," he said.
From BBC
The flames spread with terrifying speed in the bar, in the Swiss luxury ski resort town Crans-Montana, which was packed with New Year's Eve partygoers.
From Barron's
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