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

"This was terrifying... this town had never seen anything like this," the teenager told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

In 2024, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

But he’d heard terrifying stories about bears that crawled out of their dens way too early, desperately hungry.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis