Example Sentences

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Most harrowingly, Beckinsale shared that she was "forced by a publicist" to do a photo shoot “the day after I had a miscarriage.”

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

"For him to die in the way that he did - it was traumatic for him, most harrowingly, but also traumatic for us as a family," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

The only real bullet he had to dodge was a 105 mph comebacker from Eddie Rosario that came harrowingly close to hitting his face in the bottom of the fifth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

But it’s funny — truly, strangely, sometimes harrowingly funny.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Most of the men, by some subtle stress of their ruling passion, have grown so monstrously fat, and most of the women so harrowingly thin.

From James Pethel by Beerbohm, Max, Sir