Sentence examples for harrowing screen from inspiring English sources

This was Falconetti's only major film, and over a period of a year under Dreyer's direction (a combination of cruelty and patience) her extraordinarily expressive face made for one of the greatest, most harrowing screen performances.

By contrast, the moody, mostly black-and-white samples of his art have a tough urgency that leaps from the screen: from the harrowing first story, set in a razed Hiroshima, to the closing tale of a prostitute who has been betrayed one too many times, they mold pulpy drama and moral complexity into a transfixing whole.

On the other hand, while the harrowing post-curfew checkpoint incident did happen, what appears on screen is a re-creation.

"It is really harrowing.

It's pretty harrowing.

It is also harrowing.

A. It was harrowing.

battle, was, harrowing -.

His combat experiences were harrowing.

I used the word "harrowing".

"That first shot was harrowing".