- present participle of terrorize.
terrorizing
Example Sentences
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They’ve also spent years terrorizing locals by leaping from the waves and crashing into boaters, water skiers and fishermen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Videos abound of Roombas terrorizing pets, making epic messes and going AWOL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Hermosa Beach and the neighboring cities of Manhattan Beach, El Segundo and Redondo Beach have all contended with complaints of teenagers on e-bikes terrorizing residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
The group cosponsored a 2023 gospel Mass at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove and marched in a procession a few weeks ago that decried the immigration raids terrorizing large swaths of Catholic Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
A panther was terrorizing the Khulna district of Bangladesh, just outside the Sundarbans.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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