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Example sentences for: terrifying

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)--is terrifying not just because it's sadistic but also because its sadism is suffused with righteousness.
There might be no more irrationally terrifying shot in the annals of film than the one in which the camera hurtles behind Heather--a hazy white streak in the center of the screen--amid crackling sounds as she throws a look into the trees and shrieks: "What is that?
When Henry hears at Agincourt that the French have sent in reinforcements, he orders his men to kill their French prisoners--a terrifying act for men facing the prospect of imprisonment themselves.
Critics agree that this film is a sorry imitation of the original: "as generic in every aspect as Brian De Palma's original was inventive" (Dennis Harvey, Daily Variety ). The plot is the same (tortured telekinetic teen starts bloodbath when humiliated), but this time it's just "campy inanity" (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ) with none of the original's terrifying flair.
The more daring can try out the terrifying roller-coaster rides.