terrify
verb (used with object)
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
were terrifying
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past progressiveof terrify.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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"You really see in this moment what we're up against, because the opponents were terrifying," she reflects.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
“The ninth and tenth episodes were terrifying to make,” Robert King said of the season.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
By the time they were redshirt freshmen at North Texas, they were terrifying quarterbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The few years leading up to puberty were terrifying, and I would have given anything to have had access to hormone blockers to give me a few extra years to think about things.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
Separately, each would have been daunting; together they were terrifying.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
