harrow

Example Sentences

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Likewise, “Adolescence,” the towering English autopsy of youth spent online, a harrowing drama masterminded by actor Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini, who filmed his four episodes in four uncut takes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The last weeks of her life were harrowing.

From New York Times

"There's obviously such a harrowing history of people feeling exploited, especially women, in sex scenes in film and television."

From Salon

He added, “There is nothing more harrowing than the thought of executing a man who the state now admits has never received a fair trial.”

From New York Times

A harrowing scene: on one side, the perilous plummet.

From Salon