terrifying

Example Sentences

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Every new technology comes with terrifying headlines about potentially catastrophic job losses.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“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

"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

She had been forced to flee so often, the thought of going anywhere else was simply terrifying.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer