horror
Example Sentences
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This stomach-churning feature traffics in tropes familiar from ‘The Exorcist’ and other horror movies to tell its Egyptian story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
This group has so far never met a decline not worth buying, or difficult market conditions without a silver lining, which raises a disturbing question: What horror must occur to scare them?
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
He had a cameo in Iron Lung, the smash-hit horror film self-financed, filmed and directed by fellow social media star Markiplier.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Although the Joro spider, an invasive species that has been spotted across the United States, including in California, isn’t dangerous, its size and the web it creates can seem like props from a horror movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
He and his mom had once watched a horror movie about a killer doll that looked just like this.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing horror
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