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verb

past tense of horrify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of horrified
Adjective
Like Porcile, a horrified warning. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 When Trowbridge announces that Rayburn was the architect of the HMS Courageous attack and doesn’t say a word about Roylin, everyone is rocked back on their heels in horrified surprise, except for Dennison. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 The press has been deluged with letters from horrified subscribers. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 The horrified screams of Franklin’s children were also caught on the 911 recording. Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 The massacre was instantly infamous — as much a source of horror as of horrified fascination by the public. Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 The Prime Video series ends with a horrified Daniel looking at Cherry, who's shown smiling at him with her hands calmly resting on very pregnant belly. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025 Hoffman can’t help but cut me off in horrified pity. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 Finding the remainder, to me, is a part of long division which left me feeling rather horrified. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
When a rigid, devoutly Christian cop (Edward Woodward) arrives in search of a missing girl, he's horrified by the island's embrace of pagan rituals. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 The hunter was horrified, knowing that growling a challenge was exactly the wrong thing to do. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 After his grisly crimes were uncovered, Gein spent his final years in psychiatric confinement far from the farmhouse that once horrified the nation. Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 Pushed to extremes While footage and photographs of starving Palestinians in Gaza have horrified audiences abroad, inside Israel they have been dismissed by many as manipulated or untrue. Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 They were horrified of debt, having lived through the Depression. Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 In this parallel universe, our heroes are horrified to learn, the Nazis won World War II. Scott Meslow, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 The poster, who left her Border collie there for a few days, was horrified to discover the day care had not only lost her dog, but had also tried to cover it up. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Lawmakers were horrified by the footage, calling for it to be removed from the platform X, where videos autoplay without a change in settings. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrified
Adjective
  • Not every traveler wants to feel terrified on vacation, so this round-up of eight spooky places around the globe ranges from the perfectly harmless to the downright creepy.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of bounding in with excitement, the golden retriever looks terrified.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One, frightened, pressed her belly into the pavement.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Carley Coleman, operations director at adjacent Via Vite, said her staff and guests dining at the restaurant were frightened when gunshots rang out.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Heat coaches and players aren’t afraid to admit it.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some in Silicon Valley, even those developing advanced AI, are genuinely afraid of where the technology might lead.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Few books have scared me as much.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And don’t be ashamed to straight-up ask if the route is appropriate for someone who has never rock climbed or is scared of climbing a ladder.
    Jen Murphy, Outside, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When she is betrayed by her own likeness, Stella can only look out onto a shocked audience, and happens to find a familiar –– albeit, not friendly –– face among them.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Whether a pup bolts after a squirrel, slips its collar, or runs off after being startled, those first few minutes can feel endless.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Who jumped, startled, when Rey laughed nervously.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, its minimal restrictions have alarmed lawyers, researchers, and public figures.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The actor remembered that paramedics became alarmed after checking his vital signs, and he was rushed to the nearest hospital.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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