Example Sentences

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The 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches may have terrified kids growing up, but the site is not quite as creepy in reality.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

From Marie Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors to Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion to horror-themed escape rooms, haunted house attractions have terrified and delighted audiences around the world for more than 200 years.

From Scientific American • Oct. 31, 2022

Though the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were once widely thought to have terrified Japan into surrender, some historians have since cast doubt on that view.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Televised scenes of Russian strikes have terrified parents, including a new Canadian father who spoke on the condition of anonymity because his religion forbade surrogacy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Jutting up squarely from the quiet desert, butted against rust-colored mountains of tumbled boulders, it was something that would have terrified me if I were there alone.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith