HORRIFY in a Sentence
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46 example sentences for HORRIFY, such as:
1. His family were horrified by the change.
2. The horrified neighbours rushed back to Cutter.
3. She was horrified to discover that he loved Rose.
4. He waited in a sort of a horrified, listening attitude.
5. The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
2. The horrified neighbours rushed back to Cutter.
3. She was horrified to discover that he loved Rose.
4. He waited in a sort of a horrified, listening attitude.
5. The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
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Meanings and Examples of HORRIFY
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horrify
v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 Nor did wild rumors of all sorts fail to exaggerate, and still the more horrify the true histories of these deadly encounters.
2 Startled, at first horrified, at this lese majesty toward Atlanta's most beloved citizen, she stared reprovingly at him.
3 Then she was horrified at herself for having such a thought and she turned pink.
4 Blinking in the sunlight, her eyes fell on Melanie and she gasped, horrified.
5 Full of an ecstasy which horrified her, she followed Kennicott and the girl who had stolen her place, followed them to the train, through the evening, the night.
6 I remember how horrified we were at the sour, ashy-grey bread she gave her family to eat.
7 The horrified neighbours rushed back to Cutter.
8 Her husband horrified by the confession had Offett, who had already served four years, released and secured a divorce.
9 Elzbieta was horrified, for she did not believe that the food out of the dumps was fit to eat.
10 He waited in a sort of a horrified, listening attitude.
11 She was horrified at her paleness, as she glanced into the looking-glass.
12 I sometimes even have doubts of the existence of God, Levin could not help saying, and he was horrified at the impropriety of what he was saying.
13 At one moment she was horrified at this indifference, at another she rejoiced at what had brought her to this indifference.
14 This was the very thing she had been dreaming of, but now learning that it was possible, she was horrified.
15 For an instant she had a clear vision of what she was doing, and was horrified at how she had fallen away from her resolution.
Example Sentence:
1 His family were horrified by the change.
2 She was horrified to discover that he loved Rose.
3 Most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been playing truant from school.
4 We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.
5 Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
6 He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights.
7 You are horrified, you can not think straight, as you stare at the broken body.
8 He is horrified to learn that his newly-discovered half brother is nothing but a cheap shyster.
9 The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
10 He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.
11 The horrifying conditions in the city's jails might appall you.