Examples of horrify in a Sentence
The details of the crime horrified the nation.
They were horrified by the movie's violence.
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In Hartford, Nettie Parker and two friends said they were horrified by immigrants disappearing off the streets.
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Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Fierce and determined, and then uncertain and horrified by the toll this vital work takes on her personal life, Knightley is at her masterful, understated best.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
This concept horrified critics like William Empson, who saw it as depicting a cosmos ruled by an irrational deity whose rage toward humanity can be placated only by his son’s torture and death.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
In November 2022, the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students horrified residents of Moscow, a quiet college town that hadn't reported a murder in five years.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Fierce and determined, and then uncertain and horrified by the toll this vital work takes on her personal life, Knightley is at her masterful, understated best.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
This concept horrified critics like William Empson, who saw it as depicting a cosmos ruled by an irrational deity whose rage toward humanity can be placated only by his son’s torture and death.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
In November 2022, the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students horrified residents of Moscow, a quiet college town that hadn't reported a murder in five years.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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