horrify
verb (used with object)
were horrifying
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past progressiveof horrify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The facts, as laid out by the court, were horrifying.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
They, the kids born in the years 1981 to 1996, were horrifying their elders with their blogs and avocado toast and lack of urgency around marriage, kids and homeownership.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2021
Fatsis: On the specific matter of the case itself, it’s instructive to go back and read what happened, because the charges were horrifying.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020
These pictures were horrifying Europe, but the thousands of people milling in the school courtyard did not look frightened or surprised.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2017
These were horrifying times, he said, and his first emotions were horror, fear, anxiety.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
