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verb

past tense of terrorize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of terrorized
Verb
After achieving a conviction in a brutal triple homicide that had terrorized his mountain town, Sgt. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 Similarly, Ethan, increasingly terrorized by it all, must keep his superior, Phil Sarkowski (Dean Norris), at bay, along with other colleagues, in order to keep Nora safe at a major turning point in their relationship. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024 For over a year, a serial killer terrorized Los Angeles — until its residents took him down. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 Students and staff at the elementary school have been terrorized by the conduct that Sunrise's operations facilitate. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 Steelers receiver George Pickens terrorized the Commanders defense to the tune of a near 100-yard receiving day while journeyman Mike Williams got behind Washington’s secondary to catch a go-ahead touchdown of over 30-plus yards to secure the 28-27 victory. Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 And Barkley terrorized the Giants on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, rushing for 176 yards on just 17 carries. Howard Megdal, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 In the film, three young women separated by decades and thousands of miles are terrorized by the same ethereal threat that nobody, not even them, can properly see. Jamie Lang, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrorized
Adjective
  • Audience noises at the NRG Stadium in Houston went from frightened gasps to applause as the descent was completed.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 June 2025
  • Things were hectic in the mall, Stain, 45, said, with lots of frightened people running to the exits.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The movie sees the revival of arch-villain Feathers McGraw, who terrified kids in 1993’s The Wrong Trousers.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • My Hugo would chase it and bark at it, or he'd be terrified.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • An officer said the man was dehydrated, confused and scared when he was rescued, according to WBZ.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • All small business owners suffer financially when their employees are taken or too scared to come to work.
    Billal Rahman Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t be afraid to dig deep as this transit sparks your interest in exploring your emotional and creative longings, whether that means tackling personal projects or revisiting childhood passions.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • Sydney Sweeney was not afraid to pull punches when playing real-life Christy Martin in the upcoming biopic about the boxer, which wrapped production last November.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The season 26 veto meeting when Tucker chooses not to save himself and instead saves a shocked Angela.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
  • Five years later, Jack, an actor, is shocked to arrive on set of his new Great Gatsby adaption to find CJ, who is working on the film as a production designer and is now a single mom to a 4-year-old.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Just like Netanyahu manufactured this war to destroy diplomacy, the world should be highly alarmed about increasing attempts by the failing Israeli regime to get others to bail it out and to expand the flames to the region and beyond.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • And when the internet bloomed, people grew alarmed that easy access to information would erode our capacity for concentration and contemplation.
    Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

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“Terrorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrorized. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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