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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But after taking in the scene, Harper is horrified.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Fleming yells, laughing but also sincerely horrified.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Editor’s Pick Living in the Age of Epstein The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has fascinated and horrified onlookers for more than a decade, Joshua Rothman writes, but only now have its pieces really snapped into place.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
On ‘Redux Redux,’ she’d be getting dragged through the dirt screaming, and everyone else on the set was horrified.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2026
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Fleming yells, laughing but also sincerely horrified.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Editor’s Pick Living in the Age of Epstein The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has fascinated and horrified onlookers for more than a decade, Joshua Rothman writes, but only now have its pieces really snapped into place.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
On ‘Redux Redux,’ she’d be getting dragged through the dirt screaming, and everyone else on the set was horrified.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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