frightfulness

Example Sentences

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The official German policy against civilians was described as Schrecklichkeit — frightfulness.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023

But “Home” is a tonic for the mind, a lovely, lyrical distraction from the frightfulness of the news that had me looking at my surroundings more tenderly when I returned home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2020

Without nosing it as a universal occurrence, Playwright Hughes reveals one dramatic consequence of this interracial situation in its full frightfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am not so foolish as to imagine the Government suddenly has lost its capacity for provoking popular resentment and then punishing with frightfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those were not like this, great as they were in frightfulness.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip