Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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Written and directed by Worley, Sketch stars Tony Hale, D’Arcy Carden, Bianca Belle and Kue Lawrence in the story of a single dad who is swept up in an insane adventure when his daughter’s comically dark drawings come to life and terrorize their small town.
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As The Athletic details, Cornett has been harassed and terrorized, and her privacy repeatedly invaded, over the last five weeks.
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After being released in 2021, Reed came back with a vengeance and terrorized the main roster with moves most big men wouldn't even attempt.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The woman played dead as gunmen terrorized, robbed, and killed her Alawite kin in their village in western Syria.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
As The Athletic details, Cornett has been harassed and terrorized, and her privacy repeatedly invaded, over the last five weeks.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
After being released in 2021, Reed came back with a vengeance and terrorized the main roster with moves most big men wouldn't even attempt.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The woman played dead as gunmen terrorized, robbed, and killed her Alawite kin in their village in western Syria.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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