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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No more funding for terrorizing our communities.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
No candidate is better versed in that chaos than Flores, the architect of a magical, terrorizing defense in Minnesota.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The town is named for the Greek mythological creature Scylla, a sea monster with multiple heads that was fabled to terrorize sailors (most notably, the hero Odysseus) who dared to travel the water between Italy and Sicily.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
This is for the people in the United States who are terrorized and scared today.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
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Philip Elliott, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
No candidate is better versed in that chaos than Flores, the architect of a magical, terrorizing defense in Minnesota.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The town is named for the Greek mythological creature Scylla, a sea monster with multiple heads that was fabled to terrorize sailors (most notably, the hero Odysseus) who dared to travel the water between Italy and Sicily.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
This is for the people in the United States who are terrorized and scared today.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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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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