- present participle of horrify.
horrifying
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, a group of MPs has written to Channel 4 to ask for answers about what they say are "horrifying" allegations aired by Panorama.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
In the Dutch case, Brand said he was approached by a man who had recently uncovered two horrifying secrets: he was a descendant of Seyffardt, and his family had displayed the looted art for years.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
It would be, of course, impossible, if possibly amusing, to tell a “Stranger Things” tale set in this time with the original actors, and horrifying, if not immoral, to tell it with AI clones.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
“I’m keeping Cerina and Justin Fairfax’s children in my prayers as we all process this shocking and horrifying news,” he said in a post on social media.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
Its foot claw was missing on one side and an eye on the other, which somehow made the thing all the more horrifying.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
