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Definition of Terrifies
1. terrify [v] - See also: terrify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrifies
Literary usage of Terrifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... people strikes and terrifies the enemies of its revolutionary operations, it
was nevertheless right to beware of those who would urge that same people ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"terrifies their souls, representing some dismal object to their minds, which now
by no means, no labour, no persuasions, they can avoid, ..."
3. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"... there is a stone ahove the place where the horses turn, of a glittering colour,
the splendour of which terrifies the horses like the radiance of fire. ..."
4. The Fortunate Union: A Romance by John Francis Davis (1829)
"... terrifies THE COMMISSIONER." When peals the thunder in the echoing void, Then
quake the hollow-hearted ! ..."
5. A Classical Tour Through Italy by John Chetwode Eustace (1818)
"The play of the muscles is represented with an accuracy , that rather disgusts
and terrifies than pleases the spectator. The sculptor Agrati may have reason ..."
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