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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But there's no denying the force of those would-be Fingers of God that terrorize the prairie, scooping up houses, tanker trucks, and, best of all, a mooing steer.
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Movies like Harry Brown played on fears of a youthful underclass — variously called chavs, hoodies, or ASBOs — rising up to terrorize the adults in their midst.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The jury heard from 34 witnesses over around seven weeks of testimony, who alleged that the disgraced multimillionaire rap producer ran his empire with an iron fist, exploiting women and terrorizing anyone who crossed him.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
Large swaths of Haiti, including about 90% of its capital Port-au-Prince, are under the control of criminal gangs that terrorize the population.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Movies like Harry Brown played on fears of a youthful underclass — variously called chavs, hoodies, or ASBOs — rising up to terrorize the adults in their midst.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The jury heard from 34 witnesses over around seven weeks of testimony, who alleged that the disgraced multimillionaire rap producer ran his empire with an iron fist, exploiting women and terrorizing anyone who crossed him.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
Large swaths of Haiti, including about 90% of its capital Port-au-Prince, are under the control of criminal gangs that terrorize the population.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 11 Jul. 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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