Sentence examples for terrifying figure from inspiring English sources
"terrifying figure" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to someone or something that is frightening or causes fear. Example: The children huddled together, trembling in fear, as the terrifying figure loomed over them.
For nearly thirty years, McGinn-Hagen told me, Frankie Koehler had loomed in her imagination as a "terrifying" figure, someone "larger than life," and she said, "It's funny, but it was almost like a disappointment — but such a relief — to see that he was just this little old man".
The acquaintances interviewed in the piece all paint her as a "terrifying figure".
In the capital, he cut a terrifying figure, scattering crowds as he raced through traffic in a Land Cruiser with a licence plate that read 'demon'demon
Sir Alex Ferguson paints the picture of Roy Keane, his former captain and talisman, as an erratic and terrifying figure, capable of frightening even him and, certainly, many players inside the dressing room.
The Ice Maiden There is a touch of the earlier Snow Queen in this novella, a dark, tragic love story about Rudy and Babette who are stolen away by the icy Glacier Queen, a terrifying figure who represents death.
Mr Rochester is an impulsive, intensely brooding, by turns romantic and terrifying figure; I'm convinced he is also the type of person who would regularly text in all caps and send message after message without waiting for a reply.
Of course, most of the photos from Parliament Square tell a very different story; they tend to show something that really does look like mass social unrest, terrifying figures shrouded in smoke and fire running riot over the home of our cherished democracy.
There were some postmodern touches from the start – a "geek chorus" that was writing the show we were witnessing, and a beautiful, terrifying maternal figure, Arachne, who hovered over the stage – but, all in all, it was traditional fare.
Fathers set Baumbach apart, too; he's still a father-obsessed director, and Harold is as terrifying a figure in his oblivious chaos and imperious judgment as was Kafka's father.
A child's drawing is found in the bedroom, of a family in which everyone is happy but for the enraged, terrifying father figure.
A child's drawing is found in the bedroom, of a family where everyone is happy but for the enraged, terrifying father figure.
