Example Sentences
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The official German policy against civilians was described as Schrecklichkeit — frightfulness.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023
But “Home” is a tonic for the mind, a lovely, lyrical distraction from the frightfulness of the news that had me looking at my surroundings more tenderly when I returned home.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2020
I am not so foolish as to imagine the Government suddenly has lost its capacity for provoking popular resentment and then punishing with frightfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
They fix the attention on beauty and then suggest the frightfulness within.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Germans sprung a new form of frightfulness on the Allies when at 8 o'clock in the morning of March 23, 1918, they bombarded Paris with long-range guns.
