Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The group emerged from the janjaweed militia that terrorized Darfur in the early 2000s and was accused of genocide.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Second is its patience, which leads to some extremely effective scares as producer/writer/director/cinematographer/editor Oren Peli spins the tale of an ordinary suburban couple terrorized by an unseen entity.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Annabelle first hit the big screen in The Conjuring (2013), which follows paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are tasked to aid the Perron family who have been terrorized by the Annabelle doll.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The group emerged from the janjaweed militia that terrorized Darfur in the early 2000s and was accused of genocide.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Second is its patience, which leads to some extremely effective scares as producer/writer/director/cinematographer/editor Oren Peli spins the tale of an ordinary suburban couple terrorized by an unseen entity.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Annabelle first hit the big screen in The Conjuring (2013), which follows paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are tasked to aid the Perron family who have been terrorized by the Annabelle doll.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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