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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Every episode of the series, including its most controversial to date, pushed its characters to the edge – and some even to their death – leaving viewers shocked and, in some cases, horrified.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Many are horrified by all this short-termism.
—Eric Ries, Time, 28 May 2026
The privileged Princeton graduate who gunned down his millionaire hedge-fund father inside the family’s luxury Manhattan apartment after a fight over money is speaking out publicly nearly a decade after the grisly killing that horrified New York’s elite.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
His producers were astounded, but horrified that it had been achieved using AI.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 May 2026
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Many are horrified by all this short-termism.
—Eric Ries, Time, 28 May 2026
The privileged Princeton graduate who gunned down his millionaire hedge-fund father inside the family’s luxury Manhattan apartment after a fight over money is speaking out publicly nearly a decade after the grisly killing that horrified New York’s elite.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
His producers were astounded, but horrified that it had been achieved using AI.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 May 2026
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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