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

Yet the President had not told the people he was aghast at this "barbarous" recourse to "frightfulness" until April 21.

From Time Magazine Archive

To add to the frightfulness of the eruption and the grandeur of the spectacle, one hundred guns instantly belched forth their thunders.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton