horrifying experience

collocation in English

meaningsofhorrifyingandexperience

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horrifying
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
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experience
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us
/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofhorrifyingandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhorrifying experience

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Thus, trauma victims are faced with the difficult task of integrating theirhorrifyingexperiencewhile retaining the integrity of their beliefs.
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Seeing those crates was ahorrifyingexperienceto my committee and myself.
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Such people require much information and support to help them to deal with what can be ahorrifyingexperience.
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That was ahorrifyingexperiencefor those two young policemen.
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However, we should try to learn a couple of lessons from such ahorrifyingexperience.
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It was ahorrifyingexperienceand many people were directly affected by it.
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That is ahorrifyingexperience; but it is not reasonable to say that desertion, even under the strongest compulsion of con-science, is the only course open to him.
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It has been a trulyhorrifyingexperiencefor me and my family.
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Terror is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that "precedes" thehorrifyingexperience.
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It was ahorrifyingexperience.
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It claims to be based on actual found footage that documents the horrifying experiences of a family that moved into the infamous haunted house.
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The novel incorporates several of the horrifying experiences he witnessed while in prison.
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