horror story

noun

: an account of an unsettling or unfortunate occurrence

heard horror stories about recent layoffs

also : something unsettling or unfortunate

his childhood was a horror story

Examples of horror story in a Sentence

We've all heard horror stories about airlines losing people's luggage. Her childhood was a horror story.

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From a coming-of-age comedy about growing up in the early aughts to a brooding horror story based on real-life events in 18th-century Austria, there were plenty of worthy titles that flew under the radar this year. —

Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, Season 1 of the series, which mixes survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, became available on Netflix Oct. 1, exposing the show to new audiences. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 California 5 dead, more than 1,100 structures destroyed as firestorm besieges L.A. County 16 minutes ago After any natural disaster, horror stories invariably crop up about insurance companies skimping or dragging their feet on payments to vulnerable homeowners. —

Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 The worst of the worst came out in reporter Todd Price's monthly roundup of restaurant health inspection horror stories. —

Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for horror story