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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The knife-wielding attacker shot and killed by an off-duty Boston police officer after refusing to back down from terrorizing Chick-fil-A patrons in the Back Bay this weekend has been identified.
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
In another instance, a man decided to share footage showing how his clingy Boston terrier terrorizes him for much of the night.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
In another instance, a man decided to share footage showing how his clingy Boston terrier terrorizes him for much of the night.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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