How to Use terrify in a Sentence

terrify

verb

• The thought of dying alone terrifies her.
• There’s a scene in the last episode which terrified me.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2023
• The ones at the bottom are terrified of the future and should be.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 7 Nov. 2018
• This isn’t the kind of film that is going to terrify you.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• The world was shocked — and terrified — by the agreement.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2019
• The idea of growing old as a gay man used to terrify me.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
• The friend was terrified: Had Kristin been killed as well?
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• This was what terrified me the most, and has had the most impact on my life.
  — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
• You must be terrified that your youngest wants to be a movie star.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 19 July 2023
• For the first time in my life, I was terrified to be a trans womxn.
  — Nika Lomazzo, Teen Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018
• And yet the prospect of being funny, at least on the page, terrified her.
  — Zahir Janmohamed, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• It’s meant to terrify, to disgust, to bring us to tears.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Rick backed up against the wall, terrified that Tony would come for him next.
  — Erika Andersen, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2018
• The prospect that her sister might have no way to stay in the United States terrifies the aunt.
  — Rob Kuznia, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
• My Hugo would chase it and bark at it, or he'd be terrified.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
• The slayings had shocked and terrified the country three decades ago, the trail long gone cold.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• De Aquino has gotten to go along on overflights of the crater, the first time terrified.
  — MarÍa Verza, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• Parents there said they were terrified at the prospect of sending their kids back to school in the fall.
  — USA Today, 23 Mar. 2023
• That’s a straight-up and down branch, and exactly the sort of thing that would terrify the TVA.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 July 2021
• This is what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life.
  — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
• What ought to terrify – and motivate – the rest of the WNBA?
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• And that's got to be terrifying to a lot of swing districts.
  — NBC News, 18 Mar. 2018
• Of course, this isn't meant to terrify you—just inform you.
  — Elizabeth Millard, SELF, 28 Sep. 2017
• As Cody points out, the process was far from easy, if not terrifying at times.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 7 May 2024
• We were all crammed in there, and William was looking terrified in the corner.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• There aren’t too many things that terrify Maya Rudolph.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2022
• The dance required me to hold a candle above my head, and I was terrified of setting the church on fire.
  — Longreads, 18 Oct. 2017
• Their efforts to make the world safe again for measles and polio should terrify you.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Driven by his relentless pursuit of justice, Dan must balance his duty with the safety of his wife, Vi, who is heavily pregnant and terrified of their new home in the forest.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
• Rather than being terrified or trying to kill her, Ravi is fascinated by her unusual condition.
  — ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025