The phrase "a terrifying eye" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an eye that evokes fear or dread, often in a metaphorical or literary context.
Example: "As she turned to face the creature, she was met with a terrifying eye that seemed to pierce through her very soul."
Alternatives: "a fearsome gaze" or "a chilling eye."
But he also snares pop kids and ravers with his skronky, poppy hooks; his crowd is a cross-section of British youth (I spot only one other person over 25, keeping a terrified eye on his son).
With that, Banks closes those terrifying eyes and lets the cough medication whisk him away to a happier place.
"I thought to myself, what terrifying eyes," she said.
Terrifying eyes stare back at him, seemingly burning with fire.
The first pages display her glittering style as we meet the central character, Nell, "plump and freckled" (no surprise when she's cast as the nurse in "Romeo and Juliet"), "smudging a line of black under each terrified eye" as she prepares to head to Drama Arts.
And what to their terrified eyes should appear, A black SUV on its front grill an impaled reindeer.
I still cannot forget the terrified eyes of the child labourer whose body was imbedded with shards of glass.
With their terrified eyes and gaping red mouths, they look as if they might be friends of Dick and Jane's who have just watched Spot eat Puff.
Most of the movie's emotions are generated by the women's faces, especially by their darting, terrified eyes, which hold us through long-lasting shots.
Over the course of the evening we witnessed all types — from The Classicist (in a Venetian-style eye mask con handle) to The Sex Kitten (a ribbon of fancy black lace tied over the eyes), from The Psycho (a terrifying translucent iteration of the "Eyes Wide Shut" mask) to The Jolly Enthusiast (a woman in a Vegas-style eye mask, a rhapsody in blue feathers).
