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
They fix the attention on beauty and then suggest the frightfulness within.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
That," said Slingsby, "from the man who was making frightfulness at me a few weeks ago, is a proof of some nerve.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
