terrorized

Example Sentences

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I asked if she worried that Pratt’s agenda would amount to punishing 70,000 people for the actions of a much smaller number, like the man who had terrorized her.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Ergo Sum, the local school’s classics instructor, is terrorized by his memories of surviving World War II and convinced that he is transforming into a wolf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It featured a young couple terrorized by a demon in their new home, and was seemingly cut together out of footage the husband filmed on a camcorder in the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

He fearlessly expressed what no one else dared to say in a community terrorized by criminal gangs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

“Here,” Mr. Gonzalez cried in his terrorized tenor.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole