harrowed

Example Sentences

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Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

A Polish-French co-production, it takes place almost entirely in Hamela’s van, with the camera capturing the harrowed passengers, one group after another in countless journeys made between March and November of 2022.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

While its ending doesn’t deliver on its incredibly effective setup, Algar captures Enid’s hollow-eyed, increasingly harrowed exhaustion as she tries to solve a mystery that nobody else believes in.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2021

The 65-year-old grandmother harrowed by epilepsy became a square patch of skin, a window for the surgeons.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

At that Ged lifted up the staff high, and the radiance of it brightened intolerably, burning with so white and great a light that it compelled and harrowed even that ancient darkness.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin