Examples of horrify in a Sentence
The details of the crime horrified the nation.
They were horrified by the movie's violence.
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Needless to say, Summer is horrified.
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Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
The club’s owner, Willie Dann, said he is horrified by what has happened recently and regrets ever hiring Kerlew.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Shoppers are rightly horrified at the idea of people staffing supermarkets into old age.
—Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
The treatment of Somali referee Omar Artan has horrified many of his fellow officials, who have nothing but sympathy for a man whom few have met or seen in action.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
The club’s owner, Willie Dann, said he is horrified by what has happened recently and regrets ever hiring Kerlew.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Shoppers are rightly horrified at the idea of people staffing supermarkets into old age.
—Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
The treatment of Somali referee Omar Artan has horrified many of his fellow officials, who have nothing but sympathy for a man whom few have met or seen in action.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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