horrors

Example Sentences

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But because it involved cauterizing lesions, I was put under general anesthesia to spare me the horrors of experiencing it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

The true horrors of what happened that day can now be reported following the sentencing of staff worker Kimberley Cookson, 23, business owner Deborah Latewood, 55, and the nursery at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

When it comes to the horrors of the 1940s, so rich is the history that we’ll probably never reach the end of fresh approaches to it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

If Fiver’s horrors had kept him above ground all night in the rain, oblivious of cold and prowling elil, then clearly it was not going to be easy to talk him out of them.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams