Both Uses of
harrowing
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Yet, perhaps, under the harrowing circumstances, to speak out was the one wrong act which can be better understood, if not forgiven in her, than the right and politic one, her rival being now but a corpse.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- Moreover, it was not at all unlikely that his wife would fail at her farming, if she had not already done so; and he would then become liable for her maintenance: and what a life such a future of poverty with her would be, the spectre of Fanny constantly between them, harrowing his temper and embittering her words!†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(harrowing as in: a harrowing story) frightening or unsettling