Sentence examples for a harrowing state from inspiring English sources

Reynosa is the largest city in Tamaulipas, a harrowing state bordering Texas that is all but lost to federal government rule.

The couple is heartbroken to see their hometown in such a harrowing state as they prepare to depart, but they made sure to leave their mark before they go.

Still, there's something about it that seems to acknowledge the harrowing state of things.

Gravagna is among 98 people denied state Medicaid funding for potentially life-saving transplants and at the forefront of a harrowing battle over the state's public finances.

"So Sad" would similarly receive a significant amount of overdubbing, creating a "harrowing encounter", as Harrison stated his "great despair" at the end of his relationship with Boyd.

SCIENCE TIMES, PAGE F1 Fay Wray, Actress in a Famous Gorilla's Grip, Dies The star of the 1933 film "King Kong," who began her career in the silent era but is best remembered for a harrowing scene atop the Empire State Building and the screams that went with it, was 96.

MUNCIE, Ind .— For Evan Bayh, who spent a third of his life serving this state, Susan Brown is a harrowing figure.

In more than 50 interviews over 11 months, teenagers living on their own in eight states told of a harrowing existence that in many cases involved sleeping in abandoned buildings, couch-surfing among friends and relatives or camping on riverbanks and in parks after fleeing or being kicked out by families in financial crisis.

States and cities had already endured a harrowing three-year financial slide when the debt-ceiling crisis darkened their outlooks even further.

It was a harrowing stretch for the future N.B.A. lottery pick from Ohio State; he looked physically outmatched in the paint, where he usually thrives.

Gordon says many facilities have a blanket rule of no treatment, which can be a harrowing experience as bodies start reverting back to their former state.