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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Based on the first novella in Martha Wells’ book series, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Animal lovers were moved and horrified by the rescue of a tiny orange kitten, found with a broken glass jar around his neck.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Cotton, who lost his shins in World War II, tries to impress his warped ideas about women and domesticity on Bobby, whose receptiveness to it eventually horrifies Hank.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The murders shocked the campus community and horrified the residents of Moscow, a quiet college town in northern Idaho that hadn't reported a murder in five years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Animal lovers were moved and horrified by the rescue of a tiny orange kitten, found with a broken glass jar around his neck.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Cotton, who lost his shins in World War II, tries to impress his warped ideas about women and domesticity on Bobby, whose receptiveness to it eventually horrifies Hank.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The murders shocked the campus community and horrified the residents of Moscow, a quiet college town in northern Idaho that hadn't reported a murder in five years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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