How to Use horrific in a Sentence

horrific

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• The end of season three ends in such a horrific, horrible way.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2022
• What these men are referring to is a time that was horrific for anyone who wasn’t a straight white cis man.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 13 Oct. 2022
• The same theory can be applied to bad or horrific things that happen in spooky stories.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Oct. 2022
• Save him from sporting horrific bedhead with this trucker-style hat from Patagonia.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
• The movie often flashes on the horrific scene of Rose opening the door to her mother’s bedroom to find her lifeless body.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 Oct. 2022
• This is the rare King adaptation that proves less interesting the more horrific the story gets.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2022
• That 38 bystanders did nothing to prevent or even report this horrific crime is now known to be largely untrue.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• The most horrific nightmare had just turned into reality.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 9 Oct. 2022
• Some of the show's more horrific details are also completely fictional.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
• Aimee Melo had worked as a member of the Tijuana press corps for less than two years when she was sent to cover a horrific story.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• The families impacted by these horrific shootings have been forever altered and have had to relive the agony through these trials.
  — Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
• The action flashes from the game to the horrific crimes Alcala committed before and after his TV appearance.
  — Eric Andersson, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• But when Chimney spots Mara and Jee-Yun in the crowd of onlookers, everyone begins to put the horrific pieces together.
  — Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
• He’s created a one-man show called The Save Play, which deals with his upbringing and that horrific night with Gacy in 1978.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
• Without excuse, we formally and officially extend a sincere apology to those who were subjected to this inhumane and horrific abuse.
  — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2022
• The brief, horrific scenes of the Harkonnen home planet of Giedi Prime are some of the best in the film.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Klimek: It’s been a record year for wildfires, with horrific blazes all over the globe.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• At the time, the true nature of Bundy’s horrific crimes was unknown.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
• That’s a lot of money to spend on a horrific status quo.
  — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• This horrific attack was one of the major events that helped to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 Jan. 2024
• In both Uvalde and Sandy Hook, horrific images of the carnage were not released to the public.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
• The chaos included the horrific sight of would-be refugees falling from the wings of a cargo plane.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Its repeal has, of course, had a horrific impact on the lives of so many people.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
• With runners on the corners and no outs in the sixth inning of a 3-3 tie, the Sox endured a horrific sequence.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• That’s a horrific way to die, decaying from the inside out for that long.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• Look no further than the horrific events of this weekend alone.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2023
• The worry is that the Cubs lineup has been great, and the Athletics bullpen is horrific.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• The most horrific part is that these jaw-dropping records are just the beginning.
  — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
• The footage made clear that the deaths were horrific and the suffering unspeakable.
  — Marc Fisher and Naomi Nix, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• The videotape of the beating was horrific, no matter the race of the officers or the victim.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024