terrifying

Example Sentences

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“Ten being the most terrifying, it’s like a 15. When I see any character dances, I’m like, ‘Ugh.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

And when my thoughts go idle, they drift to new happy memories that I’ve made all myself: A rainbow over a mountain range after a terrifying hail storm in Texas.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

It depicted a young boy wandering lost through the Backrooms' terrifying corridors.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

"Doing another winter at these kind of price gaps is terrifying quite frankly," he says.

From BBC • May 27, 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