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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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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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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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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)
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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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Uncle Henry ignored him for a few more harrowing minutes, finally pulling over at a rest stop. (source)harrowing = frightening or unsettling
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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)
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By his early twenties, he had developed a reputation for a harrowing, damn the-torpedoes approach to ascent. (source)harrowing = frightening
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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)
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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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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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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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Gradually a harrowing thought seeped into Curly's brain, chilling him like ice water: What if the teenaged burglar had swiped the revolver from his waistband while they were fighting?† (source)
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The echoes of his footfalls ricochet off tall houses and rain back onto them, and he labors beneath her weight, and she is old enough to suspect that what he presents as quaint and welcoming might in truth be harrowing and strange.† (source)
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