horrors

Example Sentences

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But because it involved cauterizing lesions, I was put under general anesthesia to spare me the horrors of experiencing it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

In its own way, that’s even more chilling and resonant than the horrors of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Then again, few could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi death camps they only learned about upon returning, after the war, to what was left of their home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

Miep’s accounts of these horrors are so heartrending, and Miep is also very distraught.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank