terrify

The backrooms seem to exist in part to terrify entrants into redirecting their energies toward better life choices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

"Either to terrify the residents and force them to move," he said, "or to put pressure on the Lebanese army to confront people."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

And yes, SVB should terrify anyone paying attention.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

His voice was lonely in the heat, trying to terrify the dust and the blazing sun sky.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

“You’re walking into a very, very conflictual relationship with the U.S.—and that terrifies me. But I’m not sure if there’s any way around it. Aren’t we actually already there?”

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026

“As both a gun owner and an American citizen, this terrifies me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

“I can’t even think about my life tonight. The drive home scares me. Coming to campus scares me. Walking from my car terrifies me. I live my life between breaths.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

It helps to build a more rounded profile of Hitler, a person who still fascinates and terrifies in equal measure.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

Suddenly, the thought of leaving forever terrifies me.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

When he woke up after his crash, Mark was terrified his "life was over" and feared he would be reliant on his parents for the rest of his life.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The night before Lee’s first day on Aug. 3, she couldn’t sleep, terrified she would miss her alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

There’s a culture at the time of lavish gift-giving to diplomats and foreign officials, and he’s just terrified that officers of the United States will be beholden and influenced by foreigners.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Boaz would have laughed if he hadn’t been still more than a little terrified.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Olsen: I’m thinking about something like the episode that’s mostly on a boat, that gets very sort of slapstick-y at moments, but then there’s still something very terrifying about what’s happening there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

System collapse reveals the terrifying truth: No one is at the wheel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Everything came crashing down. It was terrifying," Cristina Ruiz Lopez, a lab worker who was at a supermarket in Granada when the earthquake hit, wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The effects of a terrifying or life-threatening experience can continue long after the immediate danger has passed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“No matter what terrifying and bloodcurdling events unfold during the séance, you must stay perfectly still and quiet as mice. No howling! No barking! No biting!”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood