terrifying

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Lithgow, reprising his Olivier-winning performance, is at once terrifying and never anything less than human in one of the bravest performances of the Broadway season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

By which point a parent is already "in a pretty terrifying position".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“This must have been a terrifying experience,” Uber said in its statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

This makes Herald’s explosive and terrifying fit, in which he falls to the ground as if thrown by force, and relates a dark vision of bones walking on water, seem to come from nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

All were good, interesting smells; but beneath them was the cold, terrifying scent of the Fast Wet.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver