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Example sentences for: harrowing

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It makes a daunting subject somewhat comprehensible--and harrowing.
Painting a harrowing portrait of the age-ravaged face, she wrote, "Mr.
The complex system of one-way streets designed to avoid rather than to reach key government buildings, and the added confusion of curving rivers and canals, make downtown driving a harrowing business even for locals.
His depiction of harrowing sit-ins "captures the courage and nobility of those small-scale protests that would transform America" (Tamar Jacoby, the Wall Street Journal ). Others say the 783-page book could have stood a heavy edit.
After several harrowing days, Khrushchev blinked and agreed to remove the missiles in return for an American pledge not to invade Cuba and a secret pact to remove the Turkish missiles.