How to Use terrorize in a Sentence

terrorize

verb

• As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
• She was terrorized by nightmares.
• Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
• Tom arrives to help terrorize the mouse out of this house.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 17 Nov. 2020
• Illinois nurse who was terrorized by her ex turned to the court for help.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The second part is set in the '70s and takes place at Camp Nightwing, a summer camp terrorized by an evil killer.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
• Through the letters, the stalker starts to terrorize Dean, Nora and their kids.
  — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
• For years, the group has terrorized schools in and around Maiduguri, the capital and largest city of Borno State.
  — Allie Torgan, CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
• Ah, the new Gossip Girl—a show in which teachers surveil and terrorize rich teens for the sake of #content.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2021
• Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2020
• But then this would take away from the fun of terrorizing their neighbors.
  — Fred Medinger, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• Is someone about to terrorize Los Angeles with the threat of a dirty bomb?
  — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
• Teachers of color have been run out of their jobs, chased across the country, and are being terrorized with death threats.
  — Janai S. Nelson and Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024
• How have Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman and the rest of the cast coped with being terrorized by little green monsters in the 1984 classic?
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
• In other words, moviegoers flocked to theaters by choice to see a killer clown terrorize a bunch of kids.
  — Patti Greco, Health.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Armed gangs terrorize and abduct people for ransom in the northwest.
  — James Bwala, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Dianne and her sisters, Yvonne and Lynn, were terrorized.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• As a character who has been an icon since the 1960s, the Joker was created to terrorize Gotham City.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
• There’s also a vendor area for those who want to terrorize their wallets.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
• These were women who made a living out of terrorizing men, and Anita was at their helm.
  — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• Then Bukele decided to confront the gangs that had terrorized El Salvador for decades.
  — Randy Ertll, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Behind the term:Hateful mass shootings terrorize the US.
  — Darcie Moran, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2021
• The movie, which depicts a New England town terrorized by a flesh-hungry great white, may also have gotten a lot of sharks killed.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
• Of course, my mother is not a giant red panda raging through the city, crushing cars and terrorizing the hottest boy band in the world.
  — Domee Shi, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2023
• The thought of 5½ more years of President Biden terrorizes them more than computers and robots do.
  — WSJ, 21 July 2023
• What starts as a peaceful escape turns into a nightmare when a masked man begins to terrorize them in the most gruesome ways.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• And that’s why both women have been shaken to see a mob of people march on the Capitol, some waving a flag that has been used to terrorize Black people.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
• The Texans controlled the line of scrimmage all night and terrorized the Bears with front-four pressure plus an array of aggressive blitzes.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
• Believe it or not, Thursday's perished gnat is not the first flying invader to terrorize The View in 2024.
  — EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• The random shooting spree killed 10 people and terrorized the entire Washington, D.C., area for three weeks.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024