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Recent Examples of horror-struck Other people were horror-struck by the verdicts in each of these cases, seeing them as a catastrophic failure of the American system of justice. Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror-struck
Adjective
  • Her parents were opposed to the Russian occupation but too frightened to talk about it.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That included an incident in a press box at Yankee Stadium in 2013, when a frightened and fractured Kay had to be brought back to a team hotel, or an incident at the offices at Angel Stadium on Easter Day in 2019 when a sweating and erratic Kay was taken home and then hospitalized.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, completely terrified and anxious.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In May 2023, a homeowner in Spokane, Washington, was left terrified after two large moose appeared outside their home.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For its part, Beijing remained defiant, with the commerce ministry saying Sunday that China doesn’t want a tariff war but is also not afraid of one.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Those in the fanbase who wanted Lewis gone four weeks ago are now afraid to lose him.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The boy at the quotation board is running scared.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The best evidence that the Jets were scared to let Fields throw came before halftime, when New York went for it on fourth down on a fake punt, converted it, and then proceeded to run out the clock to head to the locker room.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The press has been deluged with letters from horrified subscribers.
    Literary Hub, 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
Adjective
  • The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lewis and Picardo collapsed into tears, and Candy’s family was shocked.
    Makena Gera, 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
Adjective
  • Limburg said the program is designed to reach people who have not been screened because of lack of medical access or transportation barriers − as well as those who are anxious or fearful over getting a colonoscopy.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Traders, fearful of missing out on the rally, are piling into equities in a way reminiscent of the 1990s, when a feeding frenzy on early internet companies inflated the market right before the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Horror-struck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror-struck. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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