Sentence examples for were horrified from inspiring English sources

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were horrified

verb

To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

The haunted house was horrifying, from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn't going to survive.

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"They were horrified.

The New Yorker

Kemalists were horrified.

The Economist

"We were horrified".

The Economist

Other bankers were horrified.

The New York Times

Her friends were horrified.

The Economist

The staff were horrified.

The Guardian - Travel

Environmentalists were horrified.

Independent

Protestant nations were horrified.

Encyclopedia Britannica

"People were horrified.

The Guardian

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Their breasts were horrifying.

The New Yorker

The ramifications were horrifying.

The Guardian - Film

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