terrifying

Example Sentences

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The best horror villains are not only terrifying but complicated, their destructive persona hiding a far more vulnerable being underneath.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

And when my thoughts go idle, they drift to new happy memories that I’ve made all myself: A rainbow over a mountain range after a terrifying hail storm in Texas.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Spoken on a winter day in 1865, however, the words are terrifying to 10-year-old Liam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It depicted a young boy wandering lost through the Backrooms' terrifying corridors.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

It had been ten years since he’d seen the four-legged creature staring back at him in the darkness, though that didn’t make it any less terrifying.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray