terrifying

Example Sentences

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"It was terrifying," Sharkey told BBC News NI.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The portfolio that felt terrifying in 2009 feels boring in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Times theater critic Charles McNulty called Lithgow’s performance “at once terrifying and never anything less than human,” and “one of the bravest” of the Broadway season.

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

But what if I could make his own planet seem worse than terrifying?

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth