Sample Sentences forharrowing (editor-reviewed)
harrowing as in: a harrowing story
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It was a harrowing journey through war-torn Afghanistan.harrowing = frightening
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The story is especially harrowing because it could have happened to any of us.harrowing = frightening or unsettling
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Uncle Henry ignored him for a few more harrowing minutes, finally pulling over at a rest stop. (source)
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Apparently before he phoned me he'd just had a long, rather harrowing letter from your latest headmaster, to the effect that you were making absolutely no effort at all. (source)harrowing = unsettling
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Because he did not water-ski himself, Uncle Alfred thought that the responsibility of the boat's driver was to make the skier's ride as harrowing as possible. (source)harrowing = frightening
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By his early twenties, he had developed a reputation for a harrowing, damn the-torpedoes approach to ascent. (source)
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Oh, we have imagined the most harrowing things. (source)harrowing = frightening or unsettling
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These occasions are becoming harrowing times for us all. For each sunrise and sunset opens up some new danger, (source)harrowing = frightening
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Many survivors wrote about their harrowing experiences in books, newspaper and magazine articles, or letters to friends and relatives. (source)
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The sight of him raced ahead of her thoughts, condensing only afterward into distinct, namable feelings, as if her mind were accommodating too slowly the flash of a bright light: overwhelming relief, knowing her son was safe; fury, for his punishingly long absence; bewilderment at his appearance, which spoke of a long, harrowing journey. (source)
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But his story was typical -- and just as harrowing as those I had heard from children in the INS jails. (source)harrowing = frightening or unsettling
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Eventually Darlington got word of his mother's whereabouts and made his own harrowing two-day trek on foot to the camp to reunite with his mother and younger brothers. (source)harrowing = frightening
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I spent a day bicycling scenic State Road A1A along the Atlantic Ocean so I could report firsthand on the harrowing proposition of sharing the pavement with confused blueheads and distracted tourists. (source)harrowing = frightening or unsettling
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Shouldn't it be less ordinary, more sordid, more epic, more truly harrowing, this flesh wound of yours? (source)harrowing = frightening
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This will probably involve many harrowing trials with a high chance of death.† (source)
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The most harrowing moment came when we learned that the supply of blood might run out.† (source)
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