horrify

The idea of giving peanut butter to babies and young children will horrify a generation of parents who were told to avoid the foodstuff due to the fear of allergies.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Take the following quiz to imagine a future and learn if that future will horrify you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

But it is just this demand—- the requirement that citizens find ways to navigate a social world which will, necessarily, often baffle and horrify them—- that liberal societies must impose.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023

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

“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

What horrifies her is a sense that “the law is something to be inflicted,” and therefore inherently cruel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The prospect of selling it horrifies them; handing it on is what they seek to do.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024

“All those dissidents going into Lefortovo — the name horrifies you,” she said in an interview with ABC’s “Nightline” that aired early on Wednesday.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

“In 100 years are we going to have to teach our children what trees are because there aren’t any left? It’s a thought that horrifies me,” said high school sophomore Gabriel Burke.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

The thought of spending whatever remains of my life in this stone vault horrifies me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Telemachus is horrified that a boy would murder his own mother, but Menelaus sets him straight.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

People were horrified that a car drove by and took a picture of their house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Fiona witnessed the "terrifying" moment and was "absolutely horrified" to later discover she had been sold a horse that had never been sufficiently trained to ride.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’m sure many Dodgers fans were equally horrified with your behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Ekon watched, somewhat horrified and somewhat impressed, as she pushed herself up and reached for the next highest bough, climbing higher and higher until she was several feet above him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

It could be a pretty boring, sometimes horrifying process — I’ll never forget the thrash metal song we received about Shannen Doherty that sounded like it was recorded in a blender.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

But people who heard it inside the courtroom described it as a profoundly horrifying and traumatic experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“I find that despite the onslaught of these horrifying headlines … taking action invigorates me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

And he goes on to, as the question suggests, accept and construct horrifying grifts, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

It would be funny if it wasn’t so horrifying.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson