horrors

Example Sentences

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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

Lucas Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece, and as a boy witnessed the horrors of the Greek Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"Ultimately, when all of the true horrors and failings are unveiled, then we have to have that accountability but change and proper change within the law and legislation to make everybody safer," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

To acknowledge these horrors means turning away from the brightly rendered version of your country as it has always declared itself and turning toward something murkier and unknown.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates