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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Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story.
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Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Others swapped their own horror stories of letters and packages arriving months—or even years—after being sent.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
There is no shortage of horror stories, like a 24/7 hum coming from the buildings, keeping Virginia residents up at night, Business Insider reports, or when kitchen taps ran dry in Georgia after Meta built a facility nearby, The New York Times reports.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
American colleagues who were able to attend invariably had horror stories to tell.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
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Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Others swapped their own horror stories of letters and packages arriving months—or even years—after being sent.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
There is no shortage of horror stories, like a 24/7 hum coming from the buildings, keeping Virginia residents up at night, Business Insider reports, or when kitchen taps ran dry in Georgia after Meta built a facility nearby, The New York Times reports.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
American colleagues who were able to attend invariably had horror stories to tell.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 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 1 Oct. 2025.
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