horrors

Example Sentences

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Having suppressed its military for years in an attempt to atone for the horrors it perpetrated, can Germany fulfil its newfound ambition to become Europe's preeminent military power?

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

With all its horrors, the Iran-Iraq war also created the foundational myth of the Islamic Republic, cementing its power for the ensuing decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

I say this as someone who never had to deal with modern dating horrors, but has close friends who do, if they haven’t surrendered to heterofatalism entirely.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"I saw horrors," he told AFP by phone.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

There were horrors enough, but it was the unexpected detail that threw him and afterward would not let him go.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan