horrent
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of horrent
1660–70; < Latin horrent- (stem of horrēns, present participle of horrēre to stand on end, bristle with fear), equivalent to horr- ( see horrendous) + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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One look below the Almighty gave, Where streamed the lion-flags of thy proud foe; And near and wider yawned the horrent grave.
From The Poems of Schiller — Second period by Friedrich Schiller
Impregnable their front appears, All horrent with projected spears, Whose polished points before them shine, From flank to flank, one brilliant line, Bright as the breakers' splendors run Along the billows to the sun.
From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
Above them the rocks rose wild and horrent, apparently inaccessible, but the keen eye of our Hubert detected one path, a mere goat path, used perhaps also by shepherds.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
All that can be made out from the din of frenetic words is that Enitharmon calls upon her son Orc, “the horrent demon,” to arise and bring with him his brothers and sisters.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
There was the great powerful beast, with glaring eyes and horrent mane, creeping along with its fur brushing the grass, and every foot touching the ground like velvet.
From Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers by Henri Théophile Hildibrand
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