Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribles
Noun
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It's been a consistently reliable genre in the decades since, pairing mental anguish and unreliable perspectives with nightmarish imagery and terrors that lie just beyond our perceptions.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025 -
The series is set in the seemingly idyllic town of Blooming Hills, where unknown forces unleash chilling terrors on local teens.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the context of CoComelon, fake skeletons can be a source of fun and play, not frights.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
10 Oct. 2025
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As the decorations go up and the costumes come together, Indy-area neighborhoods, stages, historic sites and more are gearing up for their annual Halloween festivities and frights.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
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The horrors can impact humans, animals and Earth are on full display at Fright for Future.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The horrors of Gaza, at least for now, have been paused.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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What could be better than fighting off hordes of alien monstrosities?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Following psychic researchers in search of spirits in a New England house with a tragic past, The Haunting trades leering ghouls and jump scares for atmosphere and suggestion, cultivating a cloud of dread that hangs like a heavy blanket over audiences.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sure, to be entirely historically accurate, negative things like plagues, beheadings and poverty would likely factor in to the villagers’ lives.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The project — which chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld — has been a surprise hit for the streamer, and its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Horribles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribles. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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