horrid

Example Sentences

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Special dishwasher salt, meanwhile, helps to "soften the water preventing lime scale build up and those horrid white marks on glasses."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

That reduces China’s response time to a border flare-up and “pushes power projection in that horrid terrain,” Symon said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

UCLA’s run game was horrid in the opener, gaining 24 yards in 13 carries if you take away quarterback Ethan Garbers’ scrambles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

The grootslang let another wet snarl escape its horrid gray mouth, and Ekon couldn’t stop himself from trembling.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray