Examples of horrify in a Sentence
The details of the crime horrified the nation.
They were horrified by the movie's violence.
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Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza has horrified the world for more than 21 months now, but this latest phase of the genocide—extermination through mass starvation—is a grim new nadir.
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Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
The crime horrified the city, which hadn’t seen a homicide in about five years, and prompted a massive search for the perpetrator.
—Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Hernandez, now 64, is currently serving 25 years to life for the decades-old killing that horrified the city and reverberated around the country.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
The murders horrified the quiet college town of Moscow and set off a weekslong manhunt, which ended with Kohberger's arrest in Pennsylvania, where his family lives.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
The crime horrified the city, which hadn’t seen a homicide in about five years, and prompted a massive search for the perpetrator.
—Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Hernandez, now 64, is currently serving 25 years to life for the decades-old killing that horrified the city and reverberated around the country.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
The murders horrified the quiet college town of Moscow and set off a weekslong manhunt, which ended with Kohberger's arrest in Pennsylvania, where his family lives.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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