[ US /ˈhɔɹɝ/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. intense and profound fear
  2. something that inspires horror; something horrible
    the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
  3. intense aversion
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How To Use horror In A Sentence

  • So I think of Beckett as not being religious in the usual sense but at least being alive, being truly alive, and horror-struck by it.
  • They do not strengthen their case by repeating their horror. Times, Sunday Times
  • Guardian International correspondent Jonathan Steele called Bush's and Blair's denial of the horrors attending the Iraq civil war "Panglossian" - referring to the ever optimistic Dr. Pangloss of Voltaire's novel Candide who, at every disaster, proclaims that ours is the best of all possible worlds. Surge to Purge: The 80% Solution in Iraq
  • I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
  • Shock,(sentence dictionary) horror! Carl James was seen talking to a woman and it wasn't his wife.
  • They're showing a triple bill of horror movies .
  • People watched in horror as the small plane crashed to the ground.
  • The final episode of this hard-hitting series delves into little-known horrors behind history. The Sun
  • As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies.
  • She swung her head back in horror at the sight of so much blood.
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