How to Use harrowing in a Sentence

harrowing

adjective
  • From wire-to-wire to a harrowing high-wire act.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Cliff, in a long and harrowing scene, pays the deadly price.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The harrowing moment was caught on video.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • And yet, the plaza itself is harrowing.
    — Jonathan Timm, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • Here are some of the harrowing stories.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Watch the harrowing moment in the video at the top of the story.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The dating world is getting more harrowing by the minute.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • From the beginning, the search was a harrowing one.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The harrowing images from his hometown still haunt him.
    — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 June 2026
  • The scene where Rue and Faye ingest the bags is harrowing.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The path to that point had proven far more harrowing than anyone expected.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • While the scene is harrowing on film, the actual shoot had its lighter moments.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Even watching the film feels harrowing, a sort of two-hour panic attack by proxy.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But Sweets' harrowing incident seems to have changed her as well.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • But none on board expected the harrowing ordeal that lay ahead.
    — Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There are a few truly harrowing scenes of you confronting yourself.
    — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026
  • While the event miraculously claimed no lives, the close calls were harrowing.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
  • So if the screams of armed men are your jam, here’s a list of the most harrowing battles in war movie history.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
  • The account of their effort is harrowing.
    — Christopher Ferguson, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Getting to Fenway in time to make the start in the first place was a harrowing journey.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There were also a few harrowing months in 1992.
    — Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In a second exclusive clip, a woman talks about a harrowing young death.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Kirsten Dunst's next turn on the big screen may earn big laughs, but there was some harrowing drama off-screen.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Hear about his harrowing experience in the video above.
    — Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But Rashad renders even the most harrowing scenes with levity and warmth.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
  • The film is a harrowing look at the banality of evil in its most dangerous form.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The stabbing of a promising young woman is tragic and harrowing.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In order to find her character, the actor drew from a harrowing chapter of her own life.
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The recording of the call is harrowing and gut-wrenching as Denise Lee sobs and begs for her life.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026

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