Sentence examples for seems harrowing from inspiring English sources

If the final release of that pressure seems harrowing beyond all reason, bear in mind that Lafosse based his film on a real case that occurred in Belgium, in 2007.

One statistic from the losses might seem harrowing to the Giants, especially as they prepare to host the 11-3 Carolina Panthers, an outfit Justin Tuck called the "best team in the N.F.L". at the moment.

At that moment in my life, just being human seemed harrowing enough; I had no patience for dangerous sport.

What could have seemed harrowing was, to Derek, "a fascinating adventure".

Tales of near misses can seem as harrowing as those of loss, and people only distantly connected feel closer under the circumstances.

For all the withering precision with which she chronicles the glittering lives of semicelebrities, social aspirants and moneyed folk, Ms. Bushnell, 41, appears to relish being part of the world she makes seem so harrowing.

Whatever Cosi fan Tutte seemed at the time, it now seems quite extraordinarily harrowing.

Keen to talk up her experience, she spoke vividly of what seemed a harrowing and dangerous trip she made in March 1996 to Tuzla airport in Bosnia.

For many residents, the prospect of being questioned seems considerably more harrowing than the interviews themselves.

But my own experience was that having students live together in dorms somewhat ameliorated the cliquishness that seems so pervasive and harrowing in other high schools.

But, whichever way you look at it and however harrowing it may seem, the play sends you out of the theatre uplifted rather than depressed by O'Neill's unflinching ability to confront his troubled past.