Both Uses
harrowing
in
The Hidden Oracle
(Auto-generated)
- This will probably involve many harrowing trials with a high chance of death.†
p. 37.1 *
- Even if I survive that, my other trials will no doubt be long, harrowing, and quite possibly fatal.†
p. 359.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(harrowing as in: a harrowing story) frightening or unsettling
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, harrowing can mean breaking apart soil on a farm. Even more rarely (and archaically), it can mean harrying or harassing as in: "We are harrowing their army as they advance northward."