horror story

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noun

a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.

Informal. a distressing experience: the horror stories of child abuse.

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How to use horror story in a sentence

History is littered with horror stories of websites that lost four figures of revenue overnight due to traffic slumps following an algorithm update.
Design systems and SEO: does it help or hinder SERP achievements?|Joe Dawson|June 22, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Because “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams” is essentially a horror story, their efforts succeed.
In ‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ last-ditch medical interventions are their own horror story|Jake Cline|May 31, 2021|Washington Post
Part dramatic thriller, part horror story, this book deals with urgent topics—workplace diversity, racial politics, and identity—with a deftness that will make readers think while also entertaining them on every single page.
The Best Summer Reads of 2021|Allison McNearney|May 30, 2021|The Daily Beast
At her last monitoring visit, she said, she heard none of the horror stories that children had told her in the past.
“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities|by Dara Lind|April 1, 2021|ProPublica

After the end of apartheid, they spent a lot of time just listening, traveling around South Africa listening to all of the horror stories of apartheid.
In their words: Some Maryland lawmakers want to link a health bill to America’s racism. Others refuse.|Ovetta Wiggins|March 19, 2021|Washington Post
The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The king was struck with horror at the description I had given him of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
But all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Obviously a tremendous question arises here as to how a story should be found in Genesis xiv.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway