How to Use harrowing in a Sentence

harrowing

adjective

• From wire-to-wire to a harrowing high-wire act.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• Anyone who spends a lot of time on a bike has a harrowing tale to tell.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 May 2022
• By turns serene and harrowing, the West here brims with life.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Cliff, in a long and harrowing scene, pays the deadly price.
  — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
• The harrowing moment was caught on video.
  — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
• And yet, the plaza itself is harrowing.
  — Jonathan Timm, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
• Here are some of the harrowing stories.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
• Watch the harrowing moment in the video at the top of the story.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
• The images bring to life a harrowing tale of abuse that has gripped the nation.
  — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
• The details that have come to light in recent weeks are harrowing.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2022
• Jones shares the harrowing night his father lay listless on the floor in his home.
  — Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
• Many harrowing accounts have emerged in the days since the attack.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The dating world is getting more harrowing by the minute.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
• From the beginning, the search was a harrowing one.
  — Sam Gillette, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• In a harrowing 911 call, his wife can be heard begging for help.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
• The harrowing images from his hometown still haunt him.
  — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
• As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 June 2026
• The scene where Rue and Faye ingest the bags is harrowing.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• Yeon-hui is a person who has to face her harrowing trauma and go right to the center of it all.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
• The path to that point had proven far more harrowing than anyone expected.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• The story behind the wound was even more harrowing in real life.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• Even amid such harrowing stories of loss and grief, there have also been stories of hope.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
• But for others the journey to safety has been much more harrowing.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
• While the scene is harrowing on film, the actual shoot had its lighter moments.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
• Even watching the film feels harrowing, a sort of two-hour panic attack by proxy.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
• This is the harrowing story of how one mom scrambled to get help for her son and keep her head above water.
  — Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
• The court was shown harrowing video footage of screaming girls fleeing the building.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
• But Sweets' harrowing incident seems to have changed her as well.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
• But none on board expected the harrowing ordeal that lay ahead.
  — Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
• There are a few truly harrowing scenes of you confronting yourself.
  — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026