How to Use terrorize in a Sentence

terrorize

verb

• As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
• She was terrorized by nightmares.
• Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
• The amount of dropouts, acts of god — the movie was terrorized.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2025
• Illinois nurse who was terrorized by her ex turned to the court for help.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• But the fact is, people with guns kill, and maim and terrorize.
  — Sue McMillin, The Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2019
• Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
  — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2020
• As night falls, three masked strangers terrorize them until dawn.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
• Your sweet little angel will terrorize your home for at least a year.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
• Grinch was a name given to him by Whoville, a town that terrorized him.
  — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
• But then this would take away from the fun of terrorizing their neighbors.
  — Fred Medinger, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• The outfit that was once used to terrorize blacks and Catholics stared back down at us.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
• The latter terrorizes not just our staff but the patients coming to us for care.
  — As Told To MacAela MacKenzie, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2018
• Help out hikers mauled by bears no longer terrorized under the regime of the car gawkers.
  — Christopher Ketcham, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2018
• Then there are those who seize a newfound power to terrorize and bully.
  — Lisa Marie Pane, kansascity, 20 Oct. 2017
• When a witch places a curse on his town, zombies rise from the dead and terrorize the populace.
  — Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
• There’s also a vendor area for those who want to terrorize their wallets.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Armed gangs terrorize and abduct people for ransom in the northwest.
  — James Bwala, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• But to terrorize people and to create all of this drama, for what reason?
  — ABC News, 18 Jan. 2026
• In other words, moviegoers flocked to theaters by choice to see a killer clown terrorize a bunch of kids.
  — Patti Greco, Health.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• This is the heart of trolling, especially when it’s built around the intent to terrorize.
  — Film Crit Hulk, The Verge, 12 July 2018
• In war, the V-2 terrorized Britain and its allies.
  — Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
• Teachers of color have been run out of their jobs, chased across the country, and are being terrorized with death threats.
  — Janai S. Nelson and Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024
• People die and people are terrorized.
  — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
• No more hand-wringing and excuses by politicians who love to talk while people are terrorized.
  — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
• Whom does that standard terrorize more than white cis women, honestly?
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 5 Aug. 2025
• People are afraid, people are terrorized.
  — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
• This is for the people in the United States who are terrorized and scared today.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
• Is someone about to terrorize Los Angeles with the threat of a dirty bomb?
  — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
• Families are terrorized for being connected to those who dare to make art.
  — Maryam Lieberman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026