harrowed

Example Sentences

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Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

A Polish-French co-production, it takes place almost entirely in Hamela’s van, with the camera capturing the harrowed passengers, one group after another in countless journeys made between March and November of 2022.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

While its ending doesn’t deliver on its incredibly effective setup, Algar captures Enid’s hollow-eyed, increasingly harrowed exhaustion as she tries to solve a mystery that nobody else believes in.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2021

It would be hard for any parent not to be harrowed by the terror both Kendra and Scott express, in their own ways, about the disappearance of their child.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2018

He sat in the chair all morning—rather like an overseer-watching while I plowed, harrowed and then planted the two rows of beets.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien