terrify
verb (used with object)
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
are terrifying
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present progressiveof terrify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Robert Pattinson, who welcomed his first child with Suki Waterhouse in March 2024, says that as a parent, the events depicted in his new film are "terrifying"
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Spoken on a winter day in 1865, however, the words are terrifying to 10-year-old Liam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
And it’s not even those of us who work at the agency sending out all the emails that are terrifying everyone else.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2025
You are terrifying to me as a person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
In the dark these white patches are terrifying.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
