horrify
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Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, Little-Pengelly said the rates of violence against women in Northern Ireland should "horrify all of us".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
More than four decades after it first crept onto movie screens, “Alien” remains one of the scariest films ever made, with scenes that continue to horrify and shock even after repeated viewings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
But just as his irreverent novels dismay some adults, the tadpoles produce comics — all acted out hilariously onstage — that horrify their adoptive father.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
That detail didn't horrify some nearly as much as his and Chapel's usage of a serum not yet seen before in "Star Trek."
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023
“Now there are thousands of them out there. Thousands of Enigma operators. And we know they make mistakes that would horrify old Mr. S.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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