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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The military forefathers of the Valley must have been horrified at the hippies their children became, though by the eighties the arc of flower power had bent toward the common ground of Wall Street.
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
An elaborate dolly shot tracks Hedda noticing Eileen’s arrival, thrilled and horrified and maybe turned on all at once.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park were horrified when a man recently got dangerously close to a pack of wolves.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Maia’s horrified to realize that the bag was stolen; Tallulah’s mostly just annoyed she got caught.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
An elaborate dolly shot tracks Hedda noticing Eileen’s arrival, thrilled and horrified and maybe turned on all at once.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park were horrified when a man recently got dangerously close to a pack of wolves.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Maia’s horrified to realize that the bag was stolen; Tallulah’s mostly just annoyed she got caught.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horrify
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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