terrifyingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Gun designer John Moses Browning built a thriving business in the late 1800s by vastly improving firearms’ internal mechanisms, culminating in terrifyingly deadly machine guns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
When the toys use messaging apps to control their owners in ways that go terrifyingly unnoticed, humankind itself seems to be blundering about with its brain unplugged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Oliver Burkeman’s 2021 book, “Four Thousand Weeks”—named for the average human lifespan, which he called “absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short”—sought to alarm readers into giving priority to the pursuits most meaningful to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“You will see my justice,” said Caesar, in a voice terrifyingly empty of all emotion.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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