horror story
noun
: an account of an unsettling or unfortunate occurrence
heard horror stories about recent layoffs
also
: something unsettling or unfortunate
his childhood was a horror story
Examples of horror story in a Sentence
We've all heard horror stories about airlines losing people's luggage.
Her childhood was a horror story.
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We’re bombarded with too many horror stories of irreversible hair loss and too few success stories of hair recovery.
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Zahra Spencer, Allure, 24 June 2025
Creators shared videos about pregnancy horror stories, infidelity and threats of domestic violence, opening up a conversation about how young people use humor as a coping mechanism to talk about traumatic events.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Earlier in May at the Cannes Film Festival, director del Toro shared his rendition of the lumbering, undead man will be more sympathetic than some previous takes on the classic Mary Shelley horror story.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 June 2025
The horror stories shared by Fergi, RockSmith, their mothers and a few other ex-Squad members continue to play out on screens around the world.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Zahra Spencer, Allure, 24 June 2025
Creators shared videos about pregnancy horror stories, infidelity and threats of domestic violence, opening up a conversation about how young people use humor as a coping mechanism to talk about traumatic events.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Earlier in May at the Cannes Film Festival, director del Toro shared his rendition of the lumbering, undead man will be more sympathetic than some previous takes on the classic Mary Shelley horror story.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 June 2025
The horror stories shared by Fergi, RockSmith, their mothers and a few other ex-Squad members continue to play out on screens around the world.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horror story
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“Horror story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror%20story. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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