How to Use horror story in a Sentence

horror story

noun
  • Her childhood was a horror story.
  • We've all heard horror stories about airlines losing people's luggage.
  • Some of my new friends had horror stories about their schools.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020
  • One of the stories is a horror story about a hole in the ground.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • This is where the horror story turns into a dream come true.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • The most thrilling horror stories are those whose truth is inescapable.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Revenant, like so many horror stories, begins on a rainy night.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • But if that sounds like a horror story, or at least a tragedy, this new book is anything but.
    — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
  • No one has done more to keep the short horror story alive, well, and vibrant over the last decade.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • This wasn’t the rewrite of a horror story that began more than a decade ago.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Fans quickly chimed in with some of their dating horror stories.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2019
  • So yes, there are horror stories that come with our culture, as with all cultures.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Each episode will be feature length and tell its own, standalone horror story.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 21 May 2018
  • And managers each have their share of horror stories from customers.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Please discuss this with a lawyer who can give you more detail about the horror story that may lie ahead.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • So, this is a horror story that is seizing on fandom norms and turning them on their head.
    — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2018
  • So many people have the horror stories of their first beer, and my beer was delicious.
    — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 18 Oct. 2019
  • There were a few horror stories from my clients who took a mortgage, lost their jobs, and had to leave the country.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Failure to ask the above is when horror stories surface, says Marin.
    — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 31 July 2019
  • Great horror stories often imply the worst horror rather than show it.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Instead of hearing about the horror stories over and over, there’s hope on the horizon.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 28 June 2024
  • Three horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
    — Houston Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The horror stories are chilling.
    — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The host is not the horror story of an absentee, out-of-state investor who doesn’t have any ties to a town.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • And that is only part of the horror story for investors and companies this year.
    — Isabella Simonetti, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022
  • There are so many horror stories about the life of a child actor and growing up within that system.
    — Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Taking things slow is a common way to vet dating prospects to avoid horror stories in the future.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The film does not have a title or official logline yet, but it will be based on a true horror story.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Owners shared horror stories of their cats and dogs going to the bathroom inside the house.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Dog owners have shared horror stories about the lingering stink.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

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