terrorizing
Example Sentences
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They’ve also spent years terrorizing locals by leaping from the waves and crashing into boaters, water skiers and fishermen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
When officers cover their faces and demand to be nameless and faceless, “They are terrorizing ... with something just as simple as a mask,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
They have repeatedly criticized the federal operations for terrorizing immigrant communities, where business has slowed and many have holed up in their homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
Soon enough, the famed chariot was terrorizing American suburbs, thrashing roads and smashing the carbon budget with its iconic, super-high front end, a most patriotic consumer symbol.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Sometimes they receded of their own accord, and the room he lay in grew impossibly large, terrorizing him with the specter of his own insignificance.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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