Sentence examples for was more harrowing from inspiring English sources

Mr. Junger's first-person account was more harrowing in its sense of danger, more hero-worshipping in its attitude toward Massoud and closer to the article he wrote for National Geographic Adventure magazine.

Some of our solo spots went down better than others, but we hadn't the sense to cut or rewrite anything, with the result that each gig was more harrowing than the last as, increasingly, we lost faith in our material.

But with Puzder, there was more: harrowing accusations by his first wife of domestic violence, some of them contained in Missouri court documents unsealed on Tuesday, others she made anonymously on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," in 1990.

This scenario was more harrowing for a viewer than a mauling bear in The Revenant, and the hilarious raving maniacs in The Hateful Eight.

But many of the other images were more harrowing: tigers and lions shot dead.

It is more harrowing than most prison fare because institutional life is treated as quotidian, a norm to which most of the men have already adjusted.

And because Mr. Komisarjevsky has been portrayed as the instigator of some of an already horrific night's most horrific moments, his trial may well be more harrowing, if that is possible, than Mr. Hayes's was.

The sheer density of these giggle-inducing, collect-them-all punch lines gooses the show's more harrowing themes, as if Nathanael West had written "Miss Lonelyhearts" in puffy glitter ink.

The tone is apt, akin to that of a tall tale; the theme, dear to John Ford, of eliding fact into legend is given a striking new life; and a single brief scene of despair and degradation is more harrowing than those found in most hard-edged dramas.

The tone is apt, akin to that of a tall tale; the theme, dear to John Ford, of eliding fact into legend is given a striking new life; and a single brief scene of despair and degradation is more harrowing than most hard-edged dramas.

Of all the subjects covered, none is more harrowing than the story of Melissa Moody, a former debutante and beauty queen who was run over by truck in 1992, resulting in the permanent disfigurement of her face.