| 单词 | horror |
| 例句 | He jumped away in horror, but couldn’t get away from the stench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She resumed cringing in horror once Mr. Quisling finished copying James’s note: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘There are dead things, dead faces in the water,’ he said with horror. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Yossarian’s heart pounded with fright and horror at the pitiful, ominous, gory spectacle of the broken corpse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Sir — what exactly do you mean by the ‘horror within’ the Chamber?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The prisoners stare, gaping, at the body in the middle of the bridge, some of them letting out shocked screams, some of them clasping their hands in silent horror. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And then she imagined her mom’s face frozen in horror, her hair falling around her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z By now, Lyddie was propped up on her elbow listening, tom between pride for Betsy and horror at what she was proposing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z All the same, he felt an instinctive horror at their stealthy movements. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of my parents and the horror of their helplessness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Now, perhaps for the first time, the absolute horror of the crisis at the primate building washed over him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat’s free paws were stiffened, ready to grab anything to restore balance, its mouth wide, its eyes blue streaks of horror. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo said, “Strange how close the two names are. Micay. Millay. Beauty and horror just a click of the tongue apart. One moment in time, and a life veers off on a different path.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His expression of horror and distaste was almost comical as he started swimming towards the young dog who waited for him a few yards out. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Pet she was trying to reach now, Pet with all its menace unfurled, all its great horror released into the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Expressions of shock, of horror, and of anger chased each other across Hymir’s huge face, but he said nothing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The German antiaircraft searchlights, which completely ruined your night vision, were a horror to the bomber pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Her mother, who regarded her own feet with dismay, looked on Theresa’s with horror. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt such a mixture of emotions— curiosity, frustration, wonder—all laced with the lingering horror of seeing the Griever that morning. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In his eyes there was no horror or pity or hate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Benny comes over late to watch this horror show we like called Monsters. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing wrong. He broke off coughing again. I stared in horror, first at Grandfather, then at the doctor. “You must help him,” I cried. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I looked at the left rear tire, and to my horror saw a great rubber bubble on its side and, farther along, another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Each hour begins a new horror, a new Gamemaker weapon, and ends the previous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The shack is like the setting for a horror movie. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And if Poe were alive, he would not have to invent horror; horror would invent him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I try to forget the horror of what happened. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His horror made her more concerned than she would ordinarily have been. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Coraline made a noise, a sound of revulsion and horror, and, as if it had heard her and awakened, the thing began to sit up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Both were invited to a rollerdome on the South Side where, to their mutual horror, they found themselves at Gospel Roller-skating Night, complete with pauses for prayer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched what happened and fled in horror back to the ship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama has to grab Baba’s arm to keep him from toppling down the steps as he reels, then stares at me in horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her mother, galvanized by the potential horror of the situation, tried to intervene, but Caesar halted her with one imperious gesture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I shared a common belief that the horrors of war would bring our various leaders to their senses and usher in a period of peace and harmony,” Hall said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whom will she marry, then, with all this expense?” said Wang Lung, struck with admiration and horror at such pouring out of wealth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath and willed the horror away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn and gasp with horror, not believing my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In that moment a cold horror came on me again: my hands grew clammy, and I could feel once more the serpent’s touch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused for a minute while I listened in mute horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Slowly I let my gaze rise, immediately realizing again the horror of his eyes, drugged and cloudy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no Aunt Ivy to recoil in horror at my language and, truth be told, there is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In his right, to my amazement and horror, he held his rifle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z To his horror, the elf burst into tears — very noisy tears. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I realized with horror that the tanker was not simply coming our way—it was in fact bearing down on us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Brother Ugo shook his head, his mouth still agape in horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He can’t imagine the panic that ensued in this place when the sun flares struck, and the horrors that resulted. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Still, I thought about yesterday’s battle, and I wondered if I’d ever be able to walk in these woods again without remembering the horror of so much fighting. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So, you might be wondering why I wasn’t bawling, screeching, or passing out from shock and horror. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Jeanne, her mouth hanging open in horror, watched her mother lean in and whisper into the knight’s ear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Beyond the horror in the ghost room, she felt this release throughout the dormitory. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a monster, a horror from a nightmare, but Thomas knew it had to be a Glader, someone who’d completely lost his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then, to Jessie’s horror, she saw a tear roll down Mama’s face. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Shasta, half mad with horror, managed to lurch towards the brute. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Last night I asked Mom if she watched horror movies when she was a kid. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I would not mince words about the horrors of apartheid, but I said, over and over, that we should forget the past and concentrate on building a better future for all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung, to his horror, found there was nothing to do but to produce from his girdle yet another penny. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z His jaw dropped, not merely from astonishment but from horror. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z To my horror, everyone stopped talking and looked at the mother of the birthday girl. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He had to know how this horror had come to pass and Amphitryon told him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congeal with horror, like that which even now curdles mine? Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The Crochan still squatted where it had been; Taran made out the dark, brooding mass, and it seemed to him, in a flare of horror, that its mouth gaped greedily. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Now she’s trying to drown me,” he exclaimed in mock horror. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But to his horror, a moment later the whole tent shook, and a great gash appeared in the side of it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z After the horrors of Sharpeville, the threat did not seem empty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My father mouthed the word in mock horror. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, to his utter rage and horror, he saw the other three humans actually walking out into the open to meet the animals. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z One by one, the threads of his rope snapped beneath Grave’s dagger, and Nox, sensing the vibrations, looked up at the assassin in horror. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Watching him destroy his opponents had the same effect as a horror movie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Paul Lindau, an author and publisher, described it as “a gigantic peepshow of utter horror, but extraordinarily to the point.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And what he said next was more unbelievable than any horror story Jess had ever heard. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z A feeling of horror came over me and a moment later I was out the door and running full speed down the hill to Miss Volker’s house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a part of me that felt true horror at the idea of Ocean having read any of this. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She dug her feet in and pressed forward: Wick still stood just behind his haintj staring in horror as his creation came apart before his very eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There are murmurs of assent and then, to my horror, I hear the pack heading toward me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The realization of being far gone, the fear, the unknowable possibilities, all of it—the horror, the wonder, the joy—fused into an erotic thrill. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He went silent, looking at me upside-down in horror, suddenly knowing what I planned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m still going to watch a horror movie this weekend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mother and I rocked with pain and horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Will felt no horror, only desolation and bafflement. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These men don’t even sleep on mats on the ground? she thought briefly, but then the horror of what was about to happen overwhelmed her and she looked around wildly for a means of escape. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And, despite all the horror and hopelessness, I was fleetingly happy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He tried to push away the ache of it all—the horrors of the battle they’d just won. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I can only imagine the film’s latest horrors, its flaunting of vulgarity in the face of theology and geometry, taste and decency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To Harry’s horror, Ron came in, laughing, pulling Lavender by the hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One would have thought that nothing dangerous or dreadful had happened; and indeed the horror faded out of their hearts as they looked at him, and saw the merry glint in his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then the Nine Riders issued forth from the gates of horror, and we could not withstand them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The fury on Holly’s face turned to horror. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It hurt, but that was nothing compared to the absolute horror she felt coursing through her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Grace realized with horror that maybe she should have practiced this. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And there’s no place to wash, which just adds to the horror. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z How could history be filled with so much horror and so few reasons why? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The horror movie I'm too terrified to watch. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The woman who owned it was a horror. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z With a tingle of horror, Harry saw in the distance a huge, batlike shape flying through the darkness toward the perimeter wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I've been writing my memories down, the good ones...and the horrors, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To her horror, the place where the needle had entered was swollen, dark-green and festering yellowly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In her haste she missed her grip on the bucket and, to her horror, it slipped loose and tumbled several yards down the hill behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The Nazgûl came again, and as their Dark Lord now grew and put forth his strength, so their voices, which uttered only his will and his malice, were filled with evil and horror. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes she wondered if it was her horror of being married to someone she didn’t love that had caused her, subconsciously, to shut herself off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I think we all just stared at Miss Lucy in horror, waiting for what she’d say next. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a daughter of Athena, not some shrill girlie victim in a horror movie. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Florah, standing nearby, shrieked with horror as I lifted the axe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To his horror, he saw it was a shackle fastened to Julius’s leg. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t afraid to say it: my callousness inspired in him a horror nearly greater than that which he felt at the crime of parricide. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Even in his own bed his nights often became sleepless horrors laced with toothache. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Emily’s anger at the suggestion of giving away The Gold-Bug melted into embarrassed horror when she realized that James was right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He especially likes mystery stories and tales of horror and the supernatural. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Other things—naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror—are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She lay on the floor of the cabin, motionless, conscience-stricken, filled with horror. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I saw something that make me start with horror. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig came up the run, put his head out of the hole and stopped in horror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z CHORUS: Why do you cry out thus, unless at some vision of horror? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To his horror he discovered a third Hessian. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z When the four guys separated, Dimple noted with horror that Rishi’s nose was bleeding. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Rosa’s mother knew all sorts of horror stories about black girls getting mistreated. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Our world had been turned upside down, and now we had to retell our horror story. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Their mouths were frozen in an expression of horror, and even teenagers looked like old men. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Snape had not yelled or jumped backward, but the look on his face was one of mingled fury and horror. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We watched in horror as the people behind the glass began to drown. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Once again he felt the horror of the moment after the old lady grabbed him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The mettle that it takes to look away from the horror of our prison system, from police forces transformed into armies, from the long war against the black body, is not forged overnight. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She has the frightened, disbelieving eyes of someone who witnessed something horrible and is waiting for more horrors to come. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His wife, through her terror and horror and distress, saw some sure danger to him: instantly forgetting her own grief, she seized hold of him and cried out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Silently parting the ferns, they gazed in horror at the dreadful scene around the base of the elm tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “And in the 1940s, before we got into it, what made every Southerner read his newspaper and listen to newscasts with a special kind of horror? Tribal feelin’, honey, at the bottom of it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And behind them, as the dust cleared, more and more of the ghosts were gazing in horror at the abyss. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Doha was close enough to see the horror on the merchant lady’s face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she shook that thought free; she would never want him to know these horrors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was they used decrepit, struggling old horrors of machines that needed the constant attention of a man like Gay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed — haw haw — a man pitting style against horror. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "I just came down-" The hangman's horror clung round him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Matty asked in horror, and realized he was repeating the phrase from Trade Mart. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The killing of civilians was a tragic accident, and I felt a profound horror at the death toll. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In all poor and congested city areas, the prowling sex fiend is a nightmarish horror that haunts parents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As he entered, he prepared himself for the horror that might await. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One of the white-faced women put a flowered headdress on Violet, who realized in horror that the dress she had changed into was a bridal gown. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The horror transpiring in front of me, suspended for one disbelieving instant. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z How could she tell this woman of the horrors of her forced nights with Clay or her gut-wrenching longing for her mother? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally waited another moment, watching the uglies’ horror dissolve into confusion as Shay bounced again, then righted herself on one of the tables and headed for the door. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There were a few camera phones out, one of them pointed directly at Officer Hull, who watched the scene with a muted horror on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Racial purity, political purity—Bastian speaks to a horror of any sort of corruption, and yet, Werner wonders in the dead of night, isn’t life a kind of corruption? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Lyra’s father stood there, his powerful dark-eyed face at first fierce, triumphant, and eager; and then the color faded from it; his eyes widened, in horror, as he recognized his daughter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s horror movie stuff, and most of the time people don’t want to think about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Januka tells this like a horror story, the kind you scare your friends with in the middle of the night. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Horror, horror, horror ... he tried to disengage himself; but Lenina tightened her embrace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the misery and the utter skin-crawling horror of incarceration, he was breathing relief. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But when I turned to playing Scottish music—well, they just fled in horror, making off as fast as their short legs would carry them.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Before the whole sentence of the broadcast was finished, one suddenly got this horror of all the people who had been killed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I know girls usually just dismiss me as "that geeky dude who has a thing for horror movies." From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Those eyes that had witnessed so much horror softened with sincere worry. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Lupita glanced back over her shoulder at the hopper car with horror! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Had his will to believe in a new picture of the world made him act a fool and thoughdessly pile horror upon horror? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull was sitting behind the teacher's table staring with a mixture of horror and fascination at the newt wriggling in the glass. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The horror of the room, he would later say, sucked all other functions out of him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cyrus Trask did have his five minutes of horror while they cut the shreds away and sawed the bone off square and burned the open flesh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jon Snow was staring at him, a look equal parts horror and fascination. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dries watches in horror as Theo's condition gets worse and worse. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Zombielike, my mother pointed at the package, unable to utter a word, her face a mask of indescribable horror. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “There will never be such a thing in my house,” said Wang Lung, in extremest horror. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Those eyes, which had been so unreadable before, were now illuminated with the light of the moon, and they were filled with horror and revulsion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z You better— And suddenly he bowls over, a look of horror on his face, and starts coughing while clutching his chest, only no sound comes. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z And slowly she grasped the full horror of what was happening. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z In The Magnolia Jungle the juxtaposition of the best of these columns against a background of stark horror gives a striking effect. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bigger, you ain’t really going to do that?” she whispered in horror. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine the look of horror on my mom’s face if she were listening to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I regarded him with impassivity, I believe; for he wished me to be sorrowful, to wince at some degradation; but I was aware of no sentiment of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “God mend all,” Bear cried with horror, making the sign of the cross. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Each time, the reaction was the same: sheer horror. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Feebly, without arguments, with nothing to support him except his inarticulate horror of what O’Brien had said, he returned to the attack. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Vaguely, too, I remembered a horror story about a mother cat being vicious and scratching out the eyes of someone who had threatened her babies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then they were outside in the chill morning air, where S.Q. stopped, licked his fingers, and—to Sticky’s horror—reached into his pocket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The crazy Nguyen woman had insisted that he send an e-mail right away and then to his horror his laptop showed an immediate reply. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I do pity you. And the more sensibility you betray of their just horrors, the more I shall like you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z To his horror, he found that, in fact, the trees were moving, slow and menacing as they began to sway in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Squire recognized that readers would want to know about the thing that made Sing Sing increasingly famous as an object of fascination and horror: the Death House. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t forget his look of horror when he had seen her in the doorway, but nor could she understand why he’d kept her secret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To initial training with personal weapons, then more training, school upon technical weapons school when not reassigned, until, finally, and the word was finally, the ultimate and all-consuming horror of nuclear-warhead school. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She thought of Kwasi, the little bird who would never fly again, but, in a way, she was glad he would not have to endure any of these horrors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they were decanted the embryos had a horror of cold. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard Bronwyn gasp and I looked up, a horror scenario I hadn’t yet imagined taking shape before my eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But the Roman hero found horrors piled upon horrors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In horror the girl buckled and knelt down with him, and in answer he rose and lifted them both. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiver, as he listened, had shown a mixture of intense absorption and incredulous horror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So horror movies would pretty much be a barf-a-palooza for her. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I peek in horror, unable to bear the thought of anyone mishandling the Holy Quran—tearing out the pages and apparently stomping on them. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then the Eye began to rove, searching this way and that; and Frodo knew with certainty and horror that among the many things that it sought he himself was one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I stared at her with a sort of horror, “Is that true?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For Pomp, who begs tales of horror and enchantment, Olakunde recounted tales of the red monkey who with withered lips enounced sacred knowledge to the oracles of Oyo. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The revelations of the arrests and the horror of the crimes held the nation in their grip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The horror of it caught up with me again. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He labors under an affliction in his speech, acquired through long habit of degradation or sudden excess of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Yes; if he did that a look of startled horror would come over their faces. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Whoever it was reminded Athans of a mummy in a low-budget horror film. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The water is just background music to the horror of my body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z James stopped and stared at the speakers, his face white with horror. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z However, she couldn’t help but think of Afi, who kept her alive during the horrors of the voyage to this place by telling her the same thing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A plantation was a plantation; one might think one’s misfortunes distinct, but the true horror lay in their universality. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They received this news with mingled hope and horror, and her father said, “I suppose the wood will be ours again if that man should . . . that is, if he doesn’t...” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With his pants undone he had fallen in and, to his partner’s horror, had thrashed once or twice before disappearing altogether beneath the surface of the moon-addled sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The lions were the only ones with smiles, however, as all the other inhabitants of the city just stared at them with awe or horror—Pinmei was not sure which. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z That had been struck from his mind when, turning the irregular sheet over, the two of us saw, with horror, what was on the back of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly he started up with a shock of horror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To Eleanor's horror—to her ongoing horror—Park came over and started filling the sink with water. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She sits in front of a mirror with half of her face peeling off, like the villain in a horror comic I once read; this one is called Leprosy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The horrors of Nazi eugenics inspired a cautionary tale, prompting a global reexamination of the ambitions that had spurred the effort. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Rousing them from the horror that seemed to have rooted all but Sam to the ground where they stood, he drove them forward. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Mexica reacted to the sacrilegious abduction of their leader with the same baffled horror with which Europeans later reacted to Cromwell’s execution of Charles I in 1649. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Slant, lain back down beside him, was in an excess of horror, but I was not at liberty to remain longer, and so, with anxious blessings, I made my exit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I had not realized the meaning of what I had said; its moral horror was unfelt by me, and her attack seemed without cause. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After the meal, the grandchildren went into my bedroom to watch a video of a horror movie while the adults stayed outside gossiping in the lounge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Something ripped inside her as she looked in Ekon’s direction and watched horror spread across his features. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It is going to sleep at night and not knowing what horrors the next day will bring. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I may, in time. Child, you do not want to run off into the woods at this late hour. Who can say what horrors await out there?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I will strip away the Mist, once and for all, and show you the world in all its true horror. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The others pressed on, but he was ever hindmost, pursued by a groping horror that seemed always just about to seize him; and a rumour came after him like the shadow-sound of many feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The last time I’d walked this path, it felt like the setting of a horror movie. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But as she utterly failed to hold on to anything, as the stones rolled and tumbled beneath her, as she slid down toward the edge, gathering speed, the horror of it slammed into her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The horror of the averted cataclysm had all poured into it, mixing with old hate and helplessness, and as the beast descended from the sky, the fervor rose to a new pitch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But they had not reckoned with the horrors of hex—or with the galvanizing personality of Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “A few monsters, a couple of human horrors to suit the present company?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z To my horror and delight the thing vaulted in the air in an explosion of water and spray. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It probably had something to do with the horror show hook-up with Faith and the intensity of Howie’s visit, but mostly it was thanks to Pastor Ted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She was facing a brood of horrors that could snap anyone’s sanity. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Faint with horror, I loosened my grip and dropped to the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z To their horror, they found themselves facing the flashing lights of an ambulance. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Percy realized that what he saw of Tartarus was only a watered-down version of its true horror—only what his demigod brain could handle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I imagined scared little Sarah in front of the courtroom, having to look at Robert Chambliss and reliving all the horrors of September 15, 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wondered how David always managed to think practical thoughts, no matter what horrors were in front of him. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A sword was in her hand, and she raised her shield against the horror of her enemy’s eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Patroclus, Achilles’ beloved friend, saw the rout with horror. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trees.she whispered in horror. “You cut down trees.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her gaze goes distant, her face twisted with the memory of some distant horror. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Laika’s tub of horror was a plastic toddler’s wading pool, blue, and decorated with a frieze of press-formed dolphins, starfish, and bubbles dancing around its outer wall. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z People only went missing for that long in sitcoms, which always ended happily, or horror movies, which rarely ended happily unless you were white and chaste and not gay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Halina Wind survived that horror and lived to tell the world of it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, they made it back here alive, but raving mad—unable to explain the horrors they’d seen, and not just because their tongues had been cut out. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Janey Hart discussed how 100 years earlier, men served as hospital attendants and women were thought of as too weak to withstand the horrors of military hospitals. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Apparently he was driven by a passion of hatred against them which made him willing to sacrifice his son in order to bring upon them the horror of being cannibals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all at once he knew with horror he was not alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She had already discovered, to her horror, that the bathroom was a privy outside the house, and it had no light for night visits. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat for a while shuddering with horror at what he had seen, hardly believing that the still body had been a warm, living, breathing creature not long ago. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Among some, accustomed to this practice by long usage in Africa, there is stoical assent; but the most are struck with horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I tell this tale in memory of Private Pompey Lewis, friend Pomp; who I still ardently dream shall sit beside my grandchildren and speak of kindly horrors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Smoke arose behind us from the island, and with horror, we saw that it issued from the pest-house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Elizabeth learned that the sisters had grown up witnessing the horrors of slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mitraillette and I both knelt wheezing with horror, side by side under cover of the undergrowth and darkness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My dreams struggled to rival the horror of my actual life. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was a good audience for a horror picture. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare after him, my mouth open in horror. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was chief of all the horrors of the fen, and even the angry rats turned tail and fled when they saw its grisly head emerging. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I backed away from her towards the window, my old fear and horror rising up in me again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And there is always the non-productive brotherhood of critics to disparage and to satirize, to view with horror and contempt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The other companions to the king covered their faces with their hands or cried aloud in horror. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He shrank from her in horror and drove her out of his sight. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We have to take things as lightly as we can, so we make the most of every opportunity, and nonsense stands stark and immediate beside horror. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected Hassan to cry with horror when the nurse handed him the mirror. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dylan is going to see some horror movie while I hit up Dave & Buster’s with Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The girl had been recognizably the Princess Rhaenys, but the boy ... a faceless horror of bone and brain and gore, a few hanks of fair hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z How to undo slavery’s injury to the mental faculties—so many freed men continued to be enslaved by the horrors they’d endured. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With a shudder of horror, I got it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The horrors of war had added a new level of distress to an already damaged psyche. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Major Major hung back with horror, but he was not bold enough to resist with all the others watching. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Grant me a little peace. Isn’t it enough that I am harried all day long at work? I thought that I had adequately described to you the horrors which I must face daily.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Stripping pods is a precise and meticulous job that might be suited to pedantic dentists or finicky spice experts, but it’s a horror for an impatient teenager like me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That left her nothing to do but watch in amazement and horror as Arachne worked, her eight legs moving with hypnotic speed, slowly unraveling the silk strands around the statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In amazed horror from Motor Boat, “De lake!” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Amaranta Úrsula was inclined to believe that he was the son of Petra Cotes, of whom she remembered only tales of infamy, and that supposition produced a twinge of horror in her heart. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A chill raised goose bumps on Sheed’s arms, as the horror of what Mr. Flux described sank in. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In some mysterious way, from this horror of blank boundless vacancy the best of all things came into being. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some waved their hands frantically, shouting in horror. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z To my right lay a quiet residential street with trees, and I entered it, going toward Seventh Avenue, toward the district, filled now with horror and hatred. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw Mrs. Norris and fell back, clutching his face in horror. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They watched numbly as the infant was carried into the horrors of the forest, believing it would keep those horrors away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They can’t have much time, and Mark realizes with a jolt of horror that he’s entrusted his entire life to the two people in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The little girl’s face was filled with horror. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And a carefully orchestrated chorus of horror begins to spill out of their mouths. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The sight of that suitcase struck horror in my heart. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He had a horror of harming an innocent person. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Such vicious noise, such contorted faces, they were barely human in their horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After losing one major race on a highly regarded runner, he flatly told the national press, surely to the horror of the owner, that the horse just wasn’t any good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To Bloom’s private horror, he discovered almost immediately that far from being proud of, or even content with, her Chicano heritage, Linda almost hysterically wanted out of her poverty-stifled past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To her horror, Salvador turned around just at that moment. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But the dismembering of dolls was not the true horror. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I think only in movies is horror vocal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As I passed over he moved back, and his exclamation of horror, “Gott in Himmel!” needed no enforcement from his agonised face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Louis's face is contorted with fear and horror. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Turner felt the horror chill and weaken his legs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A look of horror flickered over his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As these medieval thinkers imported the philosophy and science of the ancients, they inherited the ancient prejudices: a fear of the infinite and a horror of the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I could hear the horror in Mom’s voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t go, of course, since Mom and Dad are “morally opposed” to horror movies. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You should’ve thought about that before you plunged us into this mess! Just look at you....The horror.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Now, huddled inside the ragged quilt, she was sucked down, in spite of herself, into a black whirlpool of slumber, where nightmare phantoms whirled with her, nearer and nearer, toward some unknown horror. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z To his horror, he saw Ryan reach into the pocket of his parka and pull out a crushed crash helmet and a little red motorcycle broken in two. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He felt relieved; he had been imagining horrors, the Cruciatus Curse at the very least. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But they hung back, stunned, probably at the horror on my face, for I had noticed something odd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s horror and relief and panic and gratitude all jumbled together. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The girl stared, horror- struck, at the odd-shaped scar on the woman’s forehead. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If the horror of Minya’s fresh-caught ghosts told them anything, it was that the people of Weep would do again what they had done before, and how could they hope to defend themselves? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez’ chipper face hardened into a mask of horror, and he squeaked, “Good morning, Mr. Levy. We re so glad to see you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They loaded us into a truck, and all the horror stories I’d heard suddenly became real to me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I had watched the horror movies, the ones where the mentally malnourished airhead goes into the house alone, sneaking around like, well, like me, and then ends up with an ax between the eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I watched in horror as they rushed in, yanked him out of his haptic chair, and threw him off the balcony. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In a sudden wave of nausea, I see the absolute horror, if you will, of this situation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Lights clicked on upstairs and to his horror Harry realized that the big, squashy something had been his uncle’s face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But now we listened intently while the man told of the horror that had enveloped his life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw her enter the dining room, her father gave a shout of horror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Will felt a dull horror at his heart, and Kirjava pressed herself against his breast, feeling it, too, and trying to comfort him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And the Beatles didn’t recoil in horror when they were told they had to play eight hours a night, seven days a week. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The victim screamed, and his mother, who was watching the performance in horror, shouted ‘Stop!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He had dropped his voice with the horror he felt, and for once Heqet, too, was subdued, his eyes fixed on the bloodstained bandages. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Is something the matter?” he yelled in horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Struggling in his grasp, she watched in horror as the rest of the impressors appeared from their hiding places. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The two boys cried out in delight and horror, “And see the blood streaming out of his side!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She must have just seen the giant mess and dropped her bags in horror. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fourteen mice sat around a piece of wood balanced on spools of thread and listened in horror while Despereaux's father related the story of what Furlough had seen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I know the horror she would be feeling right now. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The vomit that yellow fever patients spewed forth, as well as the blood and offensive odors, were particular horrors to most people, even those medically trained. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z To my horror, the shadow began to creep up the bed, and I felt its slight weight upon me. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If only I had listened to you earlier, I wouldn’t have had to go through this horror.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Truly effective nuclear bluffing, however, includes occasional postures of irrationality, a distancing from the horrors of nuclear war. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell jumped at Donovan’s wild shout, and his eyes followed the redhead’s to the visiplate, when they goggled in fixed horror. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She holds them out in front of her, her horror visible in the moonlight coming in through the empty windowpane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I kick myself, the shock and horror that filled Stella’s face as she looked at me, the anger as she pushed me away, haunting me for the millionth time today. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then he turned, a look of horror on his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yet the brush factory too had its horrors. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I held my breath against the horror of it all. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z In horror, parents watched as their children slipped away from them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Unable to reach him by phone and confined at home because Ernest had the car, she let her imagination magnify “all the horror stories about what excess radiation might do to the men.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Saying the words turned the horror into a task, an assignment. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I knew all of us felt what I was feeling—an internal tsunami of horror and loss and confusion. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Grandma may have escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, but she didn’t get off scot-free. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And from the horror on the older woman’s face she knew there was something wrong with not having it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I was aware of a growing sense of horror, of horror turning to despair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t, probably because I didn’t know this guy and probably because he was waiting for me to unload the horrors of the summer. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’d really wanted to see a Japanese horror movie, but it was sold out. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z On either side of Magdalys, Mapper and Two Step were shaking their heads in horror. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Stranger still, her wound wasn’t even bleeding, and there was no gore or little bits of entrails hanging out of it, like I knew to expect from horror movies. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Whatever horrors lay in the Mansion of Night, they weren’t meant for mortal eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Matty was able to watch everyone, and to his horror he could see the changes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In 1651 Pascal reacted with horror to the suggestion that he had tried to pass Torricelli’s experiment off as his own: everyone understood, he insisted, that this would be the scholarly equivalent of theft. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But to Nhamo’s horror, Grandmother accepted the dark bottle the assistant brought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Burger had told Haupt about the horrors he had seen and suffered at the hands of the Gestapo, expressing his bitter hatred. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Matt’s voice, to his horror, boomed out like a bass drum. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily’s anger at the suggestion of giving away The Gold-Bug melted into embarrassed horror when she realized that James was right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As he read it, puzzling out the runes and symbols one by one, a horror came over him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And the first thing Will did was to hold his stomach and retch, heaving and heaving with a mortal horror. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His throat tightened in horror as his eyes traveled up its limbless body to its head and found that where he’d expected a reptilian skull was something else. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Gandalf in grief and horror turned his face away and closed the door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But, to the utter horror of William and Jacob, she was not bowing to the king. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Better Joe is seized with horror, and walks with a blanket wrapped about him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A recent bestseller advocated “zero tolerance” for errors and brandished the words horror, satanic, ghastly, and plummeting standards on its first page. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Dari gasped in horror and said, “I’ll have to run this experiment at home,” while Twig said, “We’ll have to make something up.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She let that hang, and Briony stared at her, unable to keep the horror from her expression, and unable to speak. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Long before the end, the horrors have ceased to horrify. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “How are we supposed to teach with those horrors floating around?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I watched in horror as the helicopter careened sideways, falling toward a row of office buildings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a gasp, a murmur of astonishment and horror; a young girl screamed; standing on a chair to get a better view some one upset two test-tubes full of spermatozoa. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mad passion, unhinging, which made Fernanda's bones tremble with horror in her grave and which kept them in a state of perpetual excitement. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Goodness knows what political and ideological horrors lurk in his mind. He’ll torture you or worse.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For an interminable second, Blanca was suspended in her own uncertainty; then she was overcome with horror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In that day the possibility that a man had killed three young children was still considered a horror well beyond the norm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With the weight of the world on his shoulders, Marv bends down in horror and finally brings himself to get close to the Doorman’s face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a king’s cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jake spoke, I watched David’s face and could almost feel the full range of his thoughts—starting with defensive anger and moving on to fear, then sadness, and finally horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the hall, the door to the service closet hung partly open, providing a coy glimpse of the reeking horror within. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes, washing the Doctorita’s huge, stretched- out underwear, I’ve noticed bloodstains, which I soak in soapy water with my nose wrinkled in disgust and horror. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched in slow, dawning horror as a dozen girls jumped down from their bunks and gathered in a buzzing huddle at the center of the room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I stood there, petrified with shock and horror, as the sailors gave my father’s body to the sea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z With growing horror, Yossarian gathered in breath and repeated the words as loudly as he could. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Look at the horrors that have already happened and happened and happened, and nothing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Two days after that, Max calls me to the window curtain, and I cover my mouth to stop my gasp of horror. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Otherwise, why would so many horror movies have cornfields in them? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I thought of all the horrors Grandpa Portman had faced in his life, and felt my resolve harden. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What horror could a simple fire hold for me now? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Compeyson’s wife, being used to him, giv him some liquor to get the horrors off, and by and by he quieted. ‘ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z And when I look down, I notice with horror that the arm of my suit, originally bright white like my teammates’, is turning black. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The kind of moment when all the horrors converge, and all you can do is stand there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was more than astonishment in it, it was horror; shock; agony eyeless, tongueless; just sound, and Luster’s eyes backrolling for a white instant. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After every pledge night that I missed, I would hear all the horror stories from the pledges. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He staggered down the front steps to join me and stared in horror at the carnage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She then shoved me aside, and to my moral horror, began wiping with her dress the steps where I had trodden. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighting the urge to throw up, he took one step after another, breathlessly waiting to see what horrors lay in the aftermath of the attack. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We ate the whole thing and then watched a horror movie. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Vetch sobbed with horror, yet he put out his hands to try to pull the thing away from Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But to my horror, she spoke to me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The debate had ended with me getting a cup of lukewarm tea dumped in my lap while Raizel’s parents watched on in utter horror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But he didn’t want to add to the horror, and nor did he want to give life to the image while it remained at a distance, held there by wine and companionship. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Not to mention the look of shock and horror on Mrs. Malvolio’s mug. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Only his eyes were moving, looking at them in horror. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Did those white bones lying on that table evoke the gasp of horror that went up from the nation? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He turns sideways to the audience in horror, hand on his stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Do as you will, friend; do as you will. There can be no horror like this ever any more;” and he groaned in spirit. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The trips were disguised as visits to the Alacrans’ nuclear power plant or the opium processing plant—a stinking, clanking horror even an eejit would find unbearable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A third ship surfaced from beneath, like a submarine from a horror show. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And if the early Martin Luther King, Jr., was a bit too radical for their tastes, they viewed the Royal Ice Cream Parlor sit-ins led by Douglas Moore with something akin to horror. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z This, to me, was a spectacle of glory; and yet, because it had condemned me, because it was blind and ignorant, I felt that it was a spectacle of horror. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Um. Doesn’t that remind you of the cabin in any number of horror movies?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Leninci felt herself entitled, after this day of queerness and horror, to a complete and absolute holiday. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai watched them slowly turn from nameless horrors to human beings like himself. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But it didn't make their work any easier, and it didn’t make the horrors of war any easier to accept. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Joseph shrieked in horror, and in his desperate struggle to stand up, he pulled off Frankie’s cap. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But when he complied, I scarcely knew how to begin; such horror had I of the possible answers. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Whatever happened afterward, whatever success, or failure, or happiness, or horror, it could not be forgotten. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The horror of the stone and of the hideous shadow over the moon was fading, things left behind in the mists of the mountains or in a passing dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z If they could reverse the flow—make the horrors of slavery visible to those who benefited from it—they might be able to end the vile practice forever. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z That crumbling horror, that evil lake, the fungi, the extensive decay! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When it turned I reached for its hind flipper, but as soon as I touched it I recoiled in horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And then Joaquin watched as—to his absolute horror—a tear slipped down Ana’s cheek. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I peered in and to my horror I saw Ultima! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In response to the horrors of the factory farm, becoming a vegetarian seems pretty reasonable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I will, however, live to see this resolved on museum walls and in writing or, to the horror of us all, in ashes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He felt Voldemort’s fury, but as Hermione screamed again he shut it out, returning to the cellar and the horror of his own present. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Westley screamed then himself, in horror and surprise, and the Snow Sand gouged at his throat, for what he had grabbed was a skeleton wrist, bone only, no flesh left at all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth watched in horror as Jason—obviously dazed and in pain—lunged for Leo, caught him, then struggled to gain altitude. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Jocasta turned white; a look of horror was on her face. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped back in horror...and their eyes followed me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was the one she and Jabir had first encountered when they’d approached the stable; now he was staring at her with a mix of awe and horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then, with a thrill of horror, he realized that someone was sponging his forehead in the dark. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Odile looked in horror at the prospect of being long without fashionably dressed people. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He could tell that he wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand; Dean Thomas shrugged at him and Lavender Brown looked puzzled, but nearly everybody else clapped their hands to their mouths in horror. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He looked up and to his horror saw a golden bat diving straight down at Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She could make a fortune doing horror movies if she wanted. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Forcing himself on against a gust of fear and horror that shook him almost to his knees, Pippin turned a corner opening on the wide place behind the City Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z To my horror, the Plant began to look a tad wilted on our journey. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Our fingers were long and bony like vampires from some Hollywood horror movie, the skin on our faces cracked and drawn back like mummies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Only a few did so, but that was quite enough to leave a lasting impression of horror upon me. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A bolt of lightning struck Cain dead for the horror of what he had done. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would be a monk,” he said with deepening horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tragedy is so old that its horror has leached away and only a certain air of faithlessness and melancholy clings to the stones and shadows of the house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Ekon watched as understanding dawned on his brother’s face, as his mouth and eyes simultaneously widened in horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z What I did experience when alone was a sort of general neurotic horror, a common attack of nerves and self-loathing magnified to the power of ten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I touched a fat, slick loop of vine, prepared to leap back in horror, but it was only vine, no worse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And for this the overseer—she could see his little rosebud mouth rounded in horror—for this the overseer had screamed out at the child. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z With a faint hum and rattle the moving racks crawled imperceptibly through the weeks and the recapitulated aeons to where, in the Decanting Room, the newly-unbottled babes uttered their first yell of horror and amazement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z To his horror, he hears something shake in his voice, which he quickly swallows down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Cookie turned in horror from the fire to receive the fourth bullet. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Moss sat there and concentrated, he could push away the horror and find what he had lost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite the horrors Penny had suffered, she remained somehow trusting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kingshaw stared at her in horror, not wanting to believe what he had heard. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “A Nimbus Two Thousand, sir,” said Harry, fighting not to laugh at the look of horror on Malfoy’s face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “But,” said the Prime Minister, with a sense of dawning horror, “didn’t you tell me they’re the creatures that drain hope and happiness out of people?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She watched in horror as the sky turned pitch-black. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z If such horrors can happen to classrooms of kindergartners, little first graders with little pink rubber boots and sweet butterfly backpacks, there is no hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z John thought with shame and horror, yet in angry hardness of heart: He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z About the other Witch, who found the children in the forest and brought them to safety, not knowing what horrors had delivered them into this predicament in the first place. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There were cries, and among them, to his horror, he could distinguish the harsh voices of Orcs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then, horror of horrors, her voice drops two octaves. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She wore a torn white gown that resembled a bridal costume in an old horror movie or heavy-metal video. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Werfel busied himself putting on his formal hood, while Brangwain Spurge stopped chewing and stared in horror at a set of knobbly gray-green garments draped on frames by the windows. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He’d heard horror stories from Bits before about how toxic the environments could be, but Martin was always quick to leap to Moss’s defense if needed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When accused of racial bias, police and prosecutors—like most Americans—express horror and outrage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I made a leap for the hose and had the good luck to catch it. The rest of the boys seemed transfixed with horror and unable to move.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To the nation’s horror, the evidence of outrageous abuses kept mounting. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Oh,” Spoade said, “the champion of dames. Bud, you excite not only admiration, but horror.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were wide with horror and amazement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z You see the horror of the pit? the arai said soothingly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The preparations, the explanations, the very real possibility of shock, horror, withdrawal, rebuff. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But the windows behind all the curtains are dark, and behind every curtain there's a horror story, a real one. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Every fresh broken horror is something I just didn’t understand until I came here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Cora told Caesar that on seeing the chains, she feared Fletcher had conspired with Terrance from the very beginning and that they had been conveyed to a chamber of horrors. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll fall,” he said softly, his voice somewhere between horror and embarrassment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Later, when Cardan, Locke, Nicasia, and Valerian sit down to their lunch, they have to spit out their food in choking horror. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then she saw me and her eyes bulged with the kind of insane evil you see in horror movies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But the horror of it is almost too much to bear. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was frozen in a moment of horror and fear. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I sat there in my stronghold, staring at the monitors, watching all of this unfold in stunned horror. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then, to my horror, he started wagging his tail the way he used to when he was tracking, and he turned from the house and headed up the hill toward the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “It is God who has sinned against me!” his voice thundered, and we fell back in horror at the blasphemy he uttered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The circle of boys shrank away in horror. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A gasp of horror went through the court room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was younger, he loomed large and scary, like a character in a horror story. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I can see him now—wailing and flailing his scrawny arms worse than a white girl in a horror movie. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So instead a long whisper runs among us, from child to child, gathering horror. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Might have realized that she was about to face the horror that Darnell had gone through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The music swelled through his body, transporting him from the horrors of the past few months. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove in silence for a while as I contemplated the coming horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Darin’s calm is sheared away as if by a scythe, his face blanched with a horror I feel down to my bones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “My God,” I uttered, staring with horror at the drill in my hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And yet what was hardest about training was not such horrors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Esperanza’s book had opened his eyes to the horrors of the empire El Patron had built, and he had seen for himself the low, dark dwellings of the eejits that were no better than coffins. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was unfair of him to compare his sisters, he knew, and it was especially unfair of him to expect the horrors they were now enduring to make Julie a sweeter, gentler person. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The unbelievable horror of what had happened was not yet known. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z With horror he watched as Koffi stared at him, her body rocking from side to side where she sat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z No one would have to find out—Winnie would not have to find out —that Mae could not . . . but Winnie blocked the picture from her mind, the horror that would prove the secret. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A wave of horror passes over his face when he sees me on the floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His senses reeled in horror at what he saw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My stomach churned in revulsion and horror as his words dawned on me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sun brightened, shining through the ice to reveal the horror below. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I had grandparents who’d lived through the horror of Jim Crow laws and the humiliation of housing discrimination and basically mistrusted authority of any sort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Geisbert spent so much time staring at the virus, one of the true horrors of nature, that the shapes became implanted in his mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We watch 3 movies, including a horror flick, while munching on unbuttered popcorn and the gummy bears I brought from home. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Oh, this last hour, approaching in such horror! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A trickle of horror, like a finger sliding up his spine, came to Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Along with all the horror of loss, and the weariness, and all the sick helpless rage, there was coming now a monstrous disgust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I yelled, and the boy looked at me, expression distant and caught somewhere between grief and horror. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. Car chases and explosions are fine. I’m glad you guys didn’t pick a horror movie.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Now I feel like I’m disappearing into a horror movie. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z How, when the letter was lost, I wondered if I had merely dreamed its horrors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt watched in horror as it disappeared behind the buildings. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z And then, to her horror, the air turned and rushed at her; it swirled around her throat like a thousand scarves, tightening until she had lost all her breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She rushed back to the bed and stared in horror at the dark red stain and die tale it told. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It had happened with the sudden catastrophe of a dream—and with all the unreal horror of a dream. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I stared in horror at all the skulls—hundreds of them—and the banner of Poseidon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In a strange way I was almost grateful for the beating, because the sting of the welts took my mind away from the horror that I had witnessed. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In his view, “the ban on gruesome fairy tales, terrifying nursemaids and other standard sources of horror, has left most of the population” vulnerable to scary stories and situations. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Wang Lung looked at the pictured man in horror and with increasing interest. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Anything she chose was greeted by wails of horror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Merry crawled on all fours like a dazed beast, and such a horror was on him that he was blind and sick. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But sometimes, lost in the horror of my future, I forget about going east. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This was every fear and horror her mind could conjure. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “What other horrors did they come up with while I was away that I don’t know about? What else am I missing?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He returned three hours later, his rosy face transformed by horror into the pale mask he wore throughout that whole dreadful episode. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew where she had parked her car, several subway stops away, and one of the men, to her horror, held up the asphalt rock. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a sad moment as real horror crossed his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Aerys would have flinched away in horror, likely cutting himself on the barbs of the Iron Throne, then shrieked at his swordsmen to cut the Yunkishmen to pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She slid her spirit vision along the streets till she found hers, watched in horror as María Santiago and Uncle Neville came tearing out of the brownstone and ran down the dark sidewalk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In the silence and the stillness, horror rose inside him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But he was stealth cool, the only one in their room that knew what Liam was talking about when he started in on Japanese horror flicks or articles from back issues of Rolling Stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Those girls must have tried to run with their parents, Matt thought with a thrill of horror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The women are looking at him with horror, as if he’s a half-dead rat dragging itself across a kitchen floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the sky grew brighter, his mouth began to open wide—in horror or delight, I could not tell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a horror grow within him, and he was crying openly when she started speaking again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For the horrors of the American Negro’s life there has been almost no language. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z With horror, Anya realized everyone was going to wash their hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Uh...Nothing. Your trailer sounds like it could be a horror movie or maybe...you’re not going to get all sparkly in the sunlight and confess to being a vampire, are you?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Things were easier when we were kids. The scariest things we had to worry about were nightmares and horror films. It’s different now.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The horror which she had felt so often seized her again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A horror show maybe, because there was nothing funny about him at this moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone willing to be right here with me and feel the horror of the night my parents died. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z For an instant he did not move, only stared toward the gate while visions of khefts and horrors paraded before his eyes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them all silent. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then to our horror it seemed to stagger and fall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the sun rose the next morning, Amari looked with horror at what was once her tribe’s village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That 1 was dragged back to the place from which I had fled; back to a scene of the utmost degradation and horror, was a fact constantly before me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Under better conditions, on a day with fewer horrors and more rest, someone would surely know what to say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She soon divorced him, and whenever her husband’s name was mentioned, she recoiled in horror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z How could they have foreseen the horror that followed? Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Minho didn’t wait for a response, didn’t see the look of horror Thomas had just felt widen his own eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Brightbill watched in horror as his mother slowly disappeared under a pile of parts. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My father, recuperating slowly and looking worn and weary, sat in his bed propped on pillows, and read the newspaper stories of the horrors that had occurred in those camps. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The horror of it, the unfairness and treachery of almost everyone he’d ever known, made Matt’s blood pound in his ears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody was certain whether the two were related, but there was no denying the vomiting and weight loss and general horror. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When I got back to O-Hall, everything seemed weird, like I was walking into the last five minutes of a horror movie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They stood frozen in horror, staring right at me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Did they recoil in horror and say, “Wait a minute, we've got to halt the process, or at least slow it down until we can get a handle on how to prevent these effects”? Nope. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “All right, you’ve given us the horror show,” Emma said to the clown and the folding man, “and we are duly horrified. Now tell us what you want.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But the question won’t let itself be pushed to the back of my mind today; on the contrary, all the fear I’ve ever felt is looming before me in all its horror. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With a cry of horror he flung it away. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Nana used to tell me stories about how, over in Africa, before the horrors of slavery, people used to fly all the time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He stared at them in raw horror, his eyes skipping from Ruby to Feral to Sparrow to Sarai, trying to process the sight of their blue flesh. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He put it down and stared at it in horror. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I had myself been apprenticed by my former visits to this watching horror; and yet I, who had up to an hour ago repudiated the proofs, felt my heart sink within me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But even as the banker sniveled something that made Marlena blanch and stare in horror at her bowl of clam chowder, posters were being slapped up on every surface in town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Even as she said this, her face was distorted with as much agony as horror. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “What—?” Koffi scrambled away from the bowl in horror, not caring as more blood dripped down her arm to stain the beautiful rug. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tendai saw with horror that a chunk had been ripped out by the rat’s teeth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z To acknowledge these horrors means turning away from the brightly rendered version of your country as it has always declared itself and turning toward something murkier and unknown. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Reyna watched in horror as the earthen tide reached the edge of the valley. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Just the idea made her heart pound with horror. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He found it hard to suppress a howl of delight as he surveyed the havoc—I made this happen—and saw Brother Eugene’s trembling chin and horror- stricken expression. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran over, and he looked at me with horror in his eyes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And, to my horror, I realized that in a way he was right. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Much to my horror, this meant missing shows like The Goodies and especially Doctor Who. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She watched it with pity and horror in her heart as it drifted slowly toward her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppressed laughter from the pews, a few old ladies gasping in horror, then silence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had realized what horrors were coming. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That was when the real horror had begun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is not the sound of her own clock, moving her to the horror of what’s coming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z This wasn’t too difficult, as the younger boys took one look at the shiny, wrinkled gray sacs and turned away in horror; you couldn’t have paid them to put one in their mouths. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Those we had been speaking with ran off to see the horror, the women crying out “This is the work of a Slovak!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nothing can describe the withering horror of this. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, her eyes grew wide, as if with fear; I realized, to my horror, that her face was starting to melt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z To his horror the lead ball rolled out of the gun mouth onto the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This is it, I thought, with a kind of fascinated horror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I realize with horror it’s not a drawing of a friend. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The eyes held no spark, no awareness of him, and in horror he thought, It’s dead, of thirst maybe. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z These were horrifying times, he said, and his first emotions were horror, fear, anxiety. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear Redemption throwing up behind her, the convulsions of his guts and throat as they emptied him in horror. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I watched in horror while the pressured water sent them flying through the air, knocking them down and pummeling them across the street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mouth is the guy in the horror movie with his hand on the door. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The boy, startled, looked at her and saw her face white with horror. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt saw with horror how small and withered the old man was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the khaki mob was silent, petrified, at the spectacle of this wanton sacrilege, with amazement and horror. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed up in horror at the flames coming out of the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Now in her old age she recognized with horror that he was forgetting how to speak it as well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And his eyes shine with blackness and horror. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “The god’s chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I tried to be crafty as I hid my horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A gasp of horror went around the room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking across the yard at them, Dandelion felt a sudden clutch of horror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “A fair fight,” Yossarian decreed, and all the others who had come running to the uproar in horror began cheering ecstatically in a tremendous overflow of relief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As I was preparing for this book, I wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph, hoping to elicit a few punctuation horror stories, and it was like detonating a dam. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I had put on some clothes, though horror shook all my limbs; I issued from my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thus I heard, to my horror, how Hamlet, losing his composure, leaped into my grave to challenge my brother, who held my lifeless form. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A few kids looked over and snickered, but Rachel just stared at the cheerleaders in horror. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They all stared at me like I was some teenaged monster species they’d only read about in horror novels and had no idea were in existence. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed always on that unseen horror. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When I saw the first, I smiled; by the time I had laid eyes on the third, my smile had frozen into a mask of horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A rage of horror filled Ged and he swung up and brought down his staff whistling on the hood that hid the shadow-face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And when I had told the poet I might well get married and have a pack of children someday, she stared at me in horror. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I struggled to understand the horror he described, a murder spurred by jealousy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Francie stared at the exposed part of his body in paralyzed horror. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As I started spotting recognizable landmarks, I felt as though I were watching an all-too-familiar horror movie, but the creepy scenes still made me jump. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Why then did that horror, which altered nothing, have to lie embedded in future time? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To her horror she saw that the sticky goo had been no figment of her imagination. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a nameless horror of the citadel and all it contained. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As Mark watched in horror, their clothes and hair ignited. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After being strapped until his skin was raw with welts, he watched in horror as his dad paused and turned the belt around with his big knuckled hands. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z To her horror, the pickup came in pursuit, jolting down the unpaved road behind them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It was just being what it was, a mindless, merciless star that would shine on whatever got in its way, beauty or horror, without prejudice, with equal heat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If I die in the middle of a coughing spell like I just had, I need to be able to detach from the horror, I need to say, ‘This is my moment.’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seized Lyra’s daemon in his human hands, and poor Pan was shaking, nearly out of his mind with horror and disgust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In Russia, they saw the horrors of war as they tended the wounded and dying German soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I listened with horror and utter disbelief as my mother told her voodoo story. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve really got to stop reading these horror stories late at night, he thought, it’s beginning to affect my mind. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z But then Mack wings buffeted her round the head, and a scream of fury cut the indigo air, and suddenly the visions were gone, ripped away, and Dany's gasp turned to horror. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In her week in the world of Cittàgazze, she had seen enough devastation, enough Specter-eaten adults and wild, scavenging children, to have a horror of those ethereal vampires. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For the horror flooded swiftly from house to house, lodge to lodge. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Like everyone else - monster and demigod alike - they froze in horror and watched as the whirling column of earth erupted from the top of the next hill, and Gaia appeared in all her glory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The scientist eventually kills himself after he sees the horror he hath wrought, and I think that, had the story been real, this is the kind of place that might have been his lair. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z To her horror, she read the name over the picture, “Lupita Lasso.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Its horrors are not attributable to one single person. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I saw the horror of how I must look in the eyes and expression of the man who opened the door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His dreams were filled with horror—of unblinking Hessian eyes, Samuel’s body crumpled on the ground, the explosions of cannons and muskets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Mom, I love you even though you are a critical, unforgiving horror show. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Only Violet didn’t cry, but merely trembled with fear and revulsion, a word which here means “an unpleasant mixture of horror and disgust.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He opened the end, reached inside, and when his hands came out, to my horror, he was holding the gun, the big carbine. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” I murmured, the combined weight of horror and reproach pressing against my chest. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Sadly, Siddhartha went to a pleasure garden that belonged to him, closed the gates, sat under a mango tree, and felt horror and death in his heart. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z What came next happened so fast no one saw how it happened — one second, Piers and Dudley were leaning right up close to the glass, the next, they had leapt back with howls of horror. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Dudley’s mouth fell open in horror, but Harry’s heart gave a leap. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As Jake spoke, I watched David’s face and could almost feel the full range of his thoughts—starting with defensive anger and moving on to fear, then sadness, and finally horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Of all horrors in the world—a rat!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It all got twisted up in nightmares in the days that followed, and embellished by Lazlo’s horror and regret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His blood ran cold, and he watched Koffi's expression change from one of defiance to utter horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The sound of the man’s sternum and ribs breaking, the squeal of the door’s hinges as they continued to stress over the obstacle keeping the door open— Mark felt a rush of horror at himself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Frank stared in horror at the remains of the old man. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Ex-soldiers like me who fought in the war,” he said with checked anger, “are busy trying to forget what horrors we went through and she’s just reminding us of how bad it was.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What I see makes me dizzy with horror. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Gradually, I became aware that my mind had gone haywire in a similar fashion, and I observed my own slide from reality with a blend of fascination and horror. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For all its horror, you can’t help but gape at the awful majesty of combat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not until spring that those at Point Comfort found out about the horror that befell James Town that winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And in a flash of fear and horror I knew that he was right. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Before Wang Lung could move in his horror, the horde was pouring past him into his own gates and he was powerless in their midst. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The school was near bursting point with laughter, horror, and curiosity. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A slow horror was dawning on me through the haze of fear and pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Hazel and his companions had suffered extremes of grief and horror during the telling of Holly’s tale. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt them move, every movement causing a trembling, an astonishment, a horror in the heart of darkness where he lay. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I looked up at her and, to my horror, saw that she was dead serious. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It has the worrying power of effigies, a lifeless life that fills me with creeping horror. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dari jumped a little and looked down at our unfinished pendulums in horror. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Out here in the waste its terror was far greater: it pierced them with cold blades of horror and despair, stopping heart and breath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sierra watched in horror as mouths opened along their shadowy flesh, gnashing and churning in silent protest of their sudden enslavement. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In the labyrinthine Ministry the windowless, air-conditioned rooms kept their normal temperature, but outside the pavements scorched one’s feet and the stench of the Tubes at the rush hours was a horror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I stared at him in horror, but he kept going. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The Preacher said, “After they catch you and bite you..He snapped his left hand shut like it was the mouth of one of these hoop snakes. “...the true horror begins. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Why, he’s starving!’’ she exclaimed in horror, and contributed her own breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At the twin looks of horror on their faces, I add, in a rush, “But he didn’t hurt me. Nothing happened.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z So much horror hung in the air, everything scattered by the explosion. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While we look in horror at a badly punctuated sign, the world carries on around us, blind to our plight. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It’s a horror that makes me sick to my stomach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Oppenheimer case left Lawrence with a horror of overt dabbling in the security politics of the time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His partner, a doctor, watched horror movies on television, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She realized that there could be only one thing worse than being in the middle of this horror. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She let him go out of shock, and Scythe Faraday’s head hit the concrete hard, knocking him out and making the horror of the moment all the worse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She needed the release, to stop trying to suppress the horror of it all. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Ben asks, his voice rising with the horror of it all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was during the earliest days in Peshawar, amid the horror and grief, that my father asked my mother, “Is this my fault?” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So he watched, in growing horror and despair, as Cain’s fist slammed into her jaw. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dawn was approaching, and the horrors of the night were ebbing away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With horror, I saw that he was turning through it slowly, like a book, pretending to examine the pages one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Tuck began to rave now, his face stretched with horror. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I can just see the look of horror on Jupe’s face if she heard me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I watch in horror as her cannula tubing catches again on a gap in the stone footbridge, her head jerking back as she loses her balance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She froze in her tracks and did not respond, even as the greasy liquid trickled down her chest and horror painted her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I could not forget the horror of that night, and I knew that I would never trust him again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The building looks more like something out of a horror movie. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z There were too many things to be terrified of, a hundred horror scenarios all vying for attention in my brain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In horror he watched the mast skid lower and still lower until he knew he had to do something, anything. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dan Lawrence was not yet twenty; he was still weak from his wounds and loss of blood, still under the cloud of a horror that only subsequent horrors could make him forget. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was to Forks that I now exiled myself — an action that I took with great horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A sudden dread and a horror of the chamber fell on the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A cry of horror burst from all the animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There he’d been again, with the horror and the falling, with the terrible, terrible thing that happened at the end. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Like a play, you know,” Kit floundered, confused by the increasing horror on both their faces. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He showed me things I had never seen, cruelties and horrors all committed in the name of the Authority, all designed to destroy the joys and the truthfulness of life. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Turtle decided not to go on with the horror story. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This time she told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and the whips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Below, Jess Squirrel clamped a paw across her mouth in horror. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As if nicotine, pimento cheese, and caffeine were any match for this horror. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were wide with horror and he held his hand clapped to his open mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “But it does not have to be. I believe I have found a way to stop this horror. I believe I know the way to end the tyranny of the Witch forever.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Through the tunnels of that island fortress came wind of a horror too great to speak aloud—a whispered litany that would take years to be fully disclosed to the world, and especially to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If Fiver’s horrors had kept him above ground all night in the rain, oblivious of cold and prowling elil, then clearly it was not going to be easy to talk him out of them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I fear I swore—I choked back horror—I asked him why he toiled there, when he should rest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m not afraid of men in golf carts or horror movies or roller coasters. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In horror the boys watched her raise the slimy, dirty, half-chewed glob of candy above the tabletop to examine it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked back at Peggy; it was as if he had thrown himself upon her mercy; was waiting for her to say some word that would take the horror away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She made her way, half in a trance, to the high table, where she found, to her horror, that she was sitting directly opposite Blanche of Castile. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I wondered what was waiting for us there; what new horrors lay ahead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Aru watched, stuck somewhere between awe and horror, as the stone elephant that had been standing in the museum for decades suddenly sank to the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This old widow, who in her long life must have managed to survive the worst with the help of her bony frame, had no real horror of Gregor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were smeared with soot and full of horror, and not because of the flames that had been licking around Capricorn's house, for they had put those out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They remembered the big placards on the freight cars with horror. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I stared out the back window, eyes wide with horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was near nightfall on a simmering July Saturday, and all the horrors of the night before seemed to be whisked away on the rushing wind. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ron looked up at Harry, a sort of blind horror in his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I struggle to find a way to escape this, the horror of what I’ve done, but there is no sophisticated logic that can liberate me; there is no way out. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We seem to be the horror story of the day. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z O Pomp—chief usher of horrors—you who sought out death in tales, you who relished death most—now you are engulfed by your own terrors—and I, who am helpless, pray for thee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the New Orleans show, I felt all the amusement of the improbable abnormal, but also a kind of horror that it could be so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, loving the twist of horror present on his face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Throughout the war, Alfons saw so many mangled bodies that he felt immune to the horrors of war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Matt knew they were trying to cheer him up, but he felt only horror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In his first interview, he tried to protect me from the Capitol and rebels alike, and not only have I failed to protect him, I’ve brought down more horrors upon him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Thomas felt as if his feet had been frozen in blocks of ice; he could only stare at the scene of horror unfolding before him, completely helpless. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I went through the list of horrors so fast that I had to catch my breath. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The look of total horror on the girl’s face when she first saw me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She thought of the first day she had arrived there, seeing a magazine for the first time in the library, realizing with horror what humanity had once looked like. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Many migrants at the church return with smuggler horror stories. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She had to live and endure its horror at Buchenwald for nearly a year. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Kohl’s expression shot to higher horror, as if this error somehow sealed the deal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Closing my eyes, I recount Wes Craven’s rules for surviving a horror film. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She stared in horror at the thing in the pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His wife watched in horror as two undercover cops appeared, trained their pistols on him, and told him to freeze. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared up at the sky in stark astonishment and horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The women closed round, whilst I was aghast with horror; but as I looked they disappeared, and with them the dreadful bag. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Jeff screamed, wiping his face and then looking at his hands in horror. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure it was the right thing to do. I’ll become one more Grisha horror story for them to tell their children.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was sitting in the horror section on purpose. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I’d heard all the horror stories—many of them true—but I also knew that my neighbor had thrown rocks at a grizzly that was in her garden and it had run off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once or twice I nudged foot-sized rocks over the side and watched with faint horror as they crashed and tumbled to improbably remote resting places. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Describe in every detail the horrors of the camps and the way we were treated. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We reacted with a great collective gasp of horror. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was only horror now as their new truth came clear to them both. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She resumed cringing in horror once Mr. Quisling finished copying James’s note: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z To her horror, she discovered that Fabyan had been going through her mail, making sure she didn’t receive any job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She could still open one eye, and she turned and looked up at me and saw the look of horror on my face. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I glanced at my watch again and discovered with horror that it was still only two minutes to eleven. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Or at least that’s the look of horror he’s giving me, probably in reaction to my own. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She gasped and stared in horror at the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The bedroom door opened slowly like in a horror movie. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The painting showed a hairless, oppressed creature with a head like an inverted pear, its hands clapped in horror to its ears, its mouth open in a vast, soundless scream. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Remembering Cristiana’s horror at my appearance, I thought that the guise of madness might serve me well. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The tone of his voice implied at once a complete admission of his guilt and a sort of incredulous horror that such a word could be applied to himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Lazlo reeled with the horror of it all, and with the incredible feeling that after all his own youth had been merciful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The horror of it struck Mark like an anvil to his chest, and the rage he’d grown all too familiar with came boiling back up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I had a stockpile of Moss horror stories that kept them entertained for weeks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was curious how that predestined horror moved in and out of one’s consciousness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Once again, federal troops were sent to the South to provide protection for blacks attempting to exercise their civil rights, and the violent reaction of white racists was met with horror in the North. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “This is so horror film,” I said, pointing to the rusty saw hanging on the wall in the back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the men just stared in something like horror. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “It’s from a horror movie. Same title. Literally about a boy befriending a rat.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z To my utter horror, they ordered me to take my clothes off. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The horrors piled up, incomprehensible, the bombers now and then dropping flares to light it all with the pure, shining white of a thousand camera flashes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “We’re not going into combat, are we?” he blurted out in horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And although he could not feel more shock or horror or sadness than he felt already, Harry knew, as he picked it up, that there was something wrong... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Now he was here, and the horror on Z’s face made it clear how he felt about seeing the star quarterback. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z He was unable to turn away from the horror, and he kept muttering, “Some fire.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He looked sick, his own mouth agape in horror. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her soul must have crawled with horror, for how can you fly in something that does not exist? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s been in thirty-eight dramas, twelve crime pictures and comedies, eleven thrillers, eight action films, seven Westerns, six war movies, four documentaries, three horror flicks, two sci-fi films, and a musical, among others. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the injury occurred, L.V. could only watch with silent horror. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have your entire box of ÁguaViva in the truck,” I point out, and realize to my horror that we left it in the truck bed unattended. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I jumped up to look outside, and then groaned in horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was throbbing full of horror and roar, and there was only one thing that was louder—the need to reach the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I turned slowly and looked into my room, wondering what horror I would see in it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z In the mingled relief and horror, few of them noticed the faint wail that came from Judith, or saw her waver and fall. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There’s a part of me that is glad she has given in, despite the awfulness of Balekin, the inevitable horror of his rule. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All they could do was look around in horror. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Lee pushed back against the seat in horror, but nothing happened to stop it, and at the moment of impact he cried, “Hester!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I would stare in horror at a man retching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “A feeling of shock and horror swept over all of us,” said Tibbets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For in one month, four short weeks after his birthday, the soccer field would become, as it did every year, a place of horror. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z These visits to the zoo holding on to the hand of some conceited spendthrift suitor gave her a lifelong horror of enclosures, walls, cages, and isolation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed not to see them; he was looking at a horror beyond them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched in horror as a human skeleton crawled out of the ground. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But no matter how I try to convince myself, I cannot stop thinking about the possibility, of the horror, of Nicasia’s mother having had a hand in Locke’s mother’s death. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His nose was also slowly lengthening — their hour was up, Ron was turning back into himself, and from the look of horror he was suddenly giving Harry, he must be, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Then, very slowly, his grin sagged and vanished, to be replaced by an expression of utmost horror. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Rochester shudder: a singularly marked expression of disgust, horror, hatred, warped his countenance almost to distortion; but he only said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I’m going to let him go. I’m not going to save him...and then eat him. That’s like one of those horror movies that comes on in the middle of the night.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I felt myself spin around with horror and it was as though I had turned some nightmarish somersault. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “And fear not for myself, but a horror at the thought that the disastrous revelation might come after we had been married for three or four years, with children at home of our own.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the horrors might end and boredom became their worst problem. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “They said in horror: ‘It’s all about rats!’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew I must reach the body for the key, so I raised the lid, and laid it back against the wall; and then I saw something which filled my very soul with horror. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “There was once, there was a man,” said Pomp, delighted narrator of horrors, “there was a man so afraid for dying, he make a deal with Death himself. A true story.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To Ralph’s horror, he found himself placed in a slippery glass bowl. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She had heard stories about the horrors of slavery, which she passed on to me, and knew something about the slaughter of American Indians. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Francie dried her hands on her petticoat eyeing the deadly towel with horror. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice came from somewhere in the darkness, and that one word expressed delight, horror, and surprise. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He pointed at my hands as he dragged me out toward Old Familiar, and I watched with growing horror as their dark brown color slowly turned transparent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For years after, those scenes of horror replayed in my mind. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And I recalled the boys in the blonde wigs, expecting the relief of laughter, but suddenly was more devastated by the humor than by the horror. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei’s scream was lost in the gasps of horror from the crowd. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They were staring in horror at the professor who, as far as they could see, was quacking away to himself while creeping along the ground in a most peculiar way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I waited, annoyed, eager to be gone on my rounds so that I could have time to get home and lie in bed and read the next installment of a thrilling horror story. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared in horror across the grave, trying to anchor herself to Con, who was gaping at her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Father and son looked at each other in horror as the truck raced up the alley, leaving stragglers behind. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The singing got louder still, and then to his horror a line of nuns, hands pressed together and eyes lowered, came around a corner and straight towards him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z With horror she read what had happened, all as plain to her as if in print. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait,” Sophia said, her face wrinkled up in a mixture of horror and disgust, “are you saying that none of you were contacted by the Oakland Police Department about Mr. Perez’s death?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To Ekon’s horror, several Sons of the Six were already standing there, surrounding a larger group of people seated in the grass with bound wrists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Carmen and her best friend, Tony, had watched in horror as the tank began to shake, as its rounded steel sides bulged in and out. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a ringing in his ears, and horror all around him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I expect a smile—at least from Mother—but instead, as I bring the mug to my lips, her face wrinkles in horror and she yells, “No!” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Almost everyone was feeling that same strange mix of pride and horror. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked from the anchor to the citadel, and his horror deepened, a new layer added to the grief of this doom: the daughter who had survived all these years, only to die now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She nods, grimly acknowledging the dawning horror on my face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z After a moment or two Lyra heard a confused babble break out: cries of horror, loud protests, voices raised in anger and fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “What is it?” she asked, and felt a sharp horror at the hope that sneaked into her mind: that his mother had died. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So, instead, I went to Times Square, from movie house to movie house, immersing myself in westerns and horror movies—the way I used to. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “This looks like a horror movie waiting to happen,” I snickered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Ghosts without, horrors within, and nowhere to turn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My winter in Hampden had given me a horror of snow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’d felt so many things since our journey began—joy, fear, hope, horror—but until now, I’d never once felt alone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was like a scene from a horror movie, but also classic Richie. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Observing the look of dumb horror on his face as the waiter delivered the ugly pizza, I decided that, in a test of basic intelligence, I was a definite shoo-in. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps 1 likened myself to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness when, far from the trading company offices in Europe, he was faced with the ultimate horror. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. No—only a kind of sinking in the heart. Maybe later I’ll sort it out to hatred. There was no interval from loveliness to horror, you see. I’m confused, confused.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought he was going to vomit, and realized to his horror he had already done so. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “S'pose,” I asked, remembering a horror film about bees, “they swarm?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We had seen the horror, but we couldn’t understand it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Louder than any beat of even the largest drum, it was followed by a cry of horror. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no food in his body, but that didn’t stop him from heaving until he collapsed from horror and exhaustion. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He wanted to lie down upon the floor and sleep off the horror of this thing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We’ve watched three horror movies so far without Mom and Dad finding out! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her eyes grew wider, more full of horror, or loathing, and she didn’t seem to be aware of him or of Lyra anymore, just of that insistent whisper through the coal silk at her side. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Coraline’s mouth dropped open in horror and she stepped out of the way as the thing clicked and scuttled past her and out of the house, running crablike on its too-many tapping, clicking, scurrying feet. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I mean, middle school is like this endless horror show. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I sat up in bed and, to my horror, saw my doorknob turning stealthily in the moonlight: “Who’s there?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That decided Matt.There was no way he was letting Tom take Maria by herself to see whatever horror he had stashed away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “On Halloween. A lot of the eighth graders were at Julie’s house watching horror movies.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Dari stood behind Joe, gripping his hair with one hand, face pale with horror. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The mumbling old voice evoked the clank of chains, the horror of thirst, the black smell of death, below deck in the hold of a slave ship. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z To Hazel’s horror, he turned in their direction. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘Never has such a thing happened in my time!’ he cried, raising his hands in horror. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The subsidiary theme in the correspondence is one urging me to come to Manhattan so that she and I may raise our banner of twin confusion in that center of mechanized horrors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the men swirled around him, Taran caught his breath in horror. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Aru watched in horror as a black line broke the sky, as if someone had unzipped twilight to show nighttime lurking just beneath its skin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The very core of him, die very center of Brian Robeson was stopped and stricken with a white-flash of horror, a terror so intense that his breathing, his thinking, and nearly his heart had stopped. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A few animals rummaged for food, and Tally watched in silent horror as a stray rabbit was taken by a wolf, the short struggle leaving only a patch of blood and for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z So did Julian, and Francis, and the twins, with a kind of shocked horror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Also, there is none of the horror of the possible turndown which shrivels the guts of timid men. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been going out twice a week for two months now if you don’t count the horror date. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jim didn’t tell his wife and daughter about the horror, not right away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And then—horror on horror—the flashlights found them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Andrew started and there came over his face a look of such horror that, beast though he was. you could almost feel sorry for him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The villagers watched in horror as, day by day, the big man shrank with illness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I bend down and pretend to fix my heel so he can’t see the abject horror and embarrassment on my face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Charles Howard saw Pollard go down, staring in horror as Fair Knightess’s flailing legs rolled skyward over him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Magpie reached for him before Meggie could and stared at him as if he were just a painted toy, while he looked back at her with horror in his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In particular, Devine remembered a single day in his youth, an experience, a brief moment of horror that had not returned to plague him for decades. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Aggressive and violent treatment protocols at some facilities generated horror stories that fueled a new campaign, this time to get people out of institutional mental health settings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I give both my friends a look of horror. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z "Let's go," I said, listening and remembering and suddenly alive in the dark with the horror of the battle royal, but Clifton looked at Ras with a tight, fascinated expression, pulling away from me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were blackened and caved, mouths agape, eyes boiled shut, melted and pooled together in the gutter like some hydra-headed horror. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My wounded hand flies to cover my mouth in horror at the curse, as though to stop a scream, but I don’t scream. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It doesn't seem possible until you see it, and you're amazed despite the horror. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, not if you were like me—if sleep was to you a presage of horror!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Moss stood slowly, the horror of realization spreading upward, planting itself in his chest, threatening to erupt out of his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He lay there unable to move, watching in horror while the man reached under his cloak, withdrew a gleaming hatchet, and chopped off half of his right foot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I flush, trying not to look into the unspeakable horror in the toilet. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z All of this is seen by hundreds of teens, watching in horror. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Rutherford had a horror of complicated equipment,” James Chadwick would recall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The horror and shame on his face look entirely too real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was half expecting some horror but there was none. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I cry with horror that all the family has been burdened by me, and even more with being the cause of so much grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Then seeing the horror that blanched her face he reconsidered. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So desolate were those places and so deep the horror that lay on them that some of the host were unmanned, and they could neither walk nor ride further north. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The craziest one, he says, was long and pointy, which seems like something out of a horror movie. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The theories of the time tried to save a fragment of Aristotle’s philosophy by declaring that nature’s horror of the vacuum was “limited”; it could only destroy a finite amount of vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Maybe concealing the threats gives them a bit of solace, the belief that they are still able to shield me from a few of the horrors of the world. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The men were whispering in tense tones of horror. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The campus is buzzing with the horror story. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not that! No . . ." he said, with something like horror. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was said with a kind of horror that baffled her, as though he had never considered it possible that she could lie. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The beatings grew less frequent, and became mainly a threat, a horror to which he could be sent back at any moment when his answers were unsatisfactory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For twenty years this field had embodied all the waste that was Vietnam, all the vulgarity and horror. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The words came tumbling out of her mouth, and once they were out there she could only look from Martin to Adelaide in horror. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Now she watched in horror as the two boys fought to pull the plant off them, but the more they strained against it, the tighter and faster the plant wound around them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It’s like those horror movies where the person about to be mauled to death could have saved herself if she’d taken only one more step but she stops to be polite or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All eyes looked to Jinx, and Jinx looked to Shady with a horror to match Mrs. Larkin’s. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then a sound of astonishment and horror rippled through the crowd. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Books like the one by Frederick Olmstead opened my eyes to the horrors suffered when the slave was landed in the United States. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He must register the horror on my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The end of the war had appeared to be so near and now, after the horror of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor, there must be a siege of Petersburg. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The horror was all around and not likely to go away soon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Hugo yelled out, and to his horror he dropped the mechanical man, which landed 011 the ground with an awful ringing crash. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He was like a man who had grown frozen with horror once and had never come completely unthawed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The look of mingled horror and delight that passed across Iron Emmett’s face was worth more than a sack of gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the horror of watching it sweep away the first people at the bottom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Other than our chaos, it was so quiet on the block, you could almost hear the tick, tick, tick of the property values dropping as passersby took in the tableau of horror. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention whatever untold horrors lay in wait deeper in the city tonight. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sergeant Klages stared at the candy with horror and mumbled, “No, thank you.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Taylor had hypnotized himself into the eerie world of horrors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still fragments, some of it, though from describing it to Alys she remembered the birth now, clearly and with horror. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m tired of the horror in the world. So I will force it to end.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stare at it in horror and disbelief, hoping that my eyes are deceiving me and this ugly red symbol is something other than what I know it is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The Governor continued, recounting the horrors of the Great Fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She petted and babied her, but the look of horror would not go out of Faye’s eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He spied Yossarian finally with a feeling of immense joy, and then his mouth gaped open slowly in unbearable horror as he noted Yossarian’s vivid, beaten, grimy look of deep, drugged despair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With a growing sense of horror, Jonathan took up the gun, then stood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The Godslayer’s dreams were a realm of horrors, too, uniquely his own, while Suheyla’s were as soft as a shawl that wraps a child against the cold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When my mother led us out of nightmares and horror movies, I felt loved. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The horror of darkness had never been so complete as it was for me that night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had reckoned, during the terrible night, on finding at least some of the tribe holding out against the horrors of the island in the safest place. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “The dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that the others don’t have.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a mix of horror, anger, and shame, all focused on me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared past him in horror and then took off running. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z But Nok could see the uncertainty in his eyes, the horror that he was about to get beaten by someone smaller than him in front of everyone he knew. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I’ll be agreeable. I’ll gossip and giggle, and have horrors and raptures over any trifle you like. I rather enjoy this, and now I’ll imitate what is called ‘a charming girl’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “What horror did you visit on this poor couple?” he asked. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hard; his horror seemed to shout inside of him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And Chess could only watch in frozen horror as the beam from the portable spotlight in the guards’ arms swung closer and closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about?” he shouted with dread, stunned by the haggard, sparking anguish in Dunbar’s eyes and by his crazed look of wild shock and horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thomas stared in horror at the monstrous thing making its way down the long corridor of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I would once again be forced to relive the horrors of September 15, 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes narrow, and I quickly look away because it gives me the type of goose pimples people get in horror films when they sense the approach of the murderous antagonist. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He pressed his fists down on his eyes with horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In his first sickening horror he could not move, and the two sisters were able to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The day was warm and sticky, and she realized with creeping horror that she was starting to stink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z That a sheen of horror hung in the air? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Penelope asked, a look of horror coming over her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The mortals standing around him are staring at me in horror. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only the horror of having to go near him had prevented Soaphead from completing his mission. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Methuselah popped his head out briefly and beckoned, “Come into the study, Matthias. Oh, and bring that little horror too.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I shuddered, and just then Granny Blakeslee’s eyes opened wide in a horror of her own. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At that moment a scream of horror shook the guests. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They recalled the horror of the Great War, as World War I was then called, and they didn’t want their children prepared for another such war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His flesh froze with horror at the thought of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I no longer had the kind of ugly face that incited horror or pity, but now I was made unremarkable by my passing good looks. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Not only did Cheryl live in the projects but she also survived an ordeal that is so horrific, it seemed like something invented in a horror movie. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And just as suddenly the horror of what he was doing struck him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There was horror in the robot’s voice, “I had to!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Her screams sent a jolt of horror thudding through Mark’s bones. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Mark ran toward the double doors of the exit, unable to take his eyes off the scene below, observing it with a strange mix of horror and curiosity. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Amanda stopped with a look of horror when they came to the door of the operating room: she had seen the instruments and the gynecological table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been so much injustice, from Jeremiah Reeves to all the horror stories involving black women abused by white men, to my own arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Now the awareness and the horror came back, and she gasped. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Company stood rooted with horror staring into the pit. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z To her horror, one evening, she got to meet the source of one of these eerie noises. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And this man I bent over—this commonplace, quiet stranger—how had he become involved in the web of horror? and why had the Fury flown at him? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The moment she said it, all the horrors I thought I’d put behind me came flooding back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His precise, insinuating delivery suggested horrors that Turner could not immediately grasp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Immersed in my own experiences, it was with horror that I heard, toward the end of my year’s travels, that yet another tragedy had struck the Dumbledores: the death of his sister, Ariana. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The first emotion, and it was horror, and that was all my fault. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There’s a directory in the media unit of the trailer,” Ayesha says, then widens her eyes in mock horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Those of us who weren’t reeling in horror frothed with anger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z How could I even put into words the horror of it all? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My eyes dart to Thomas, wondering if he feels the same horror I do. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The memories began to flood in, to drown him fully in the horror of that day, but he pushed them away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She turned at his step, and he stared at her, and at the glass she held, with wrath and horror. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She shuddered in delighted horror when she heard the scrunch. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She clearly made a great effort to remain neutral, which Dill appreciated, but her face betrayed her horror. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Here, the true horror of the fire could be seen and felt. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Once again he crossed himself, and then he and his companions turned away in horror and loathing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z What was now holding him paralyzed against the wall was not magic, but horror and shock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But little matched the horrors of the concentration camps and gas chambers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Stop playing,” he said, but she knew, from the unbelieving horror that was deepening the blue of his eyes, that he knew she was not playing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ding- The door opened slowly, the way it would in a horror movie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It was blue and swollen, grotesque, but the real horror was the mother's eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And to Harry’s horror, a voice answered, and the voice seemed to come from Quirrell himself. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z That pure dread, as Lazlo had witnessed again and again since arriving in Weep, was a collective horror that had been building for two full centuries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mom makes such a big deal about how I’m not allowed to watch horror movies because they’re “inappropriate,” but we talk about a dying thirty-three-year-old man all the time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then there was a thin, painful tug on his neck—he realized with horror that it was the strap of his weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Today we got a nice little reprieve from the horror that is calculus. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Though there was nothing in his mind but horror and fear of its touch, the cold black pain that drained his life away, yet he waited, unmoving. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The horror of the murders dulled with time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She did not deserve the horror visited on her in Volantis, any more than her brother had. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then she looked over Percy’s shoulder, and her expression changed to horror. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The kind in a horror movie that tells you something unspeakable is about to happen and you’re helpless to stop it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He would tell me of the horrors of the deadness, of the loneliness of silent roads and fields. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The whole thing plays out before my eyes like a horror movie on repeat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Dumb with pain and horror, I watched as Orange Juice thumped the hyena ineffectually and pulled at its hair while her throat was being squeezed by its jaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We reach the shelter of the reserves and yearn to creep in and disappear;—but instead we must turn round and plunge again into the horror. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Strategically placed almost midway between the annual Games, it is the Capitol’s way of keeping the horror fresh and immediate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “A presage of horror! What on earth do you mean?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He once wrote and told her that all the punishment and whippings doled out by Danny had, for all their horror, one positive side effect. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And then something moved in the turquoise shadows and Alex gasped with a mixture of horror and wonderment as the biggest jellyfish he had ever seen drifted into view. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Prim-lipped Victorian china dolls stared in profusion through dusty store windows, like so many props from respectable horror films. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Or maybe Eli skip the game and watch a bad horror movie instead.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nhamo realized with horror that they intended to spend the night in the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To his horror a dog jumped at him too, barking loudly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The juice was heavenly, but it was tainted by the manner of its delivery, and by the horror of Minya using Great Ellen in such a way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z These things must have occurred, but the only trace they’ve left on me has been a vague horror of birthday parties, not other people’s, my own. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Guitar opened his eyes wide with horror and grabbed his throat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though her toes were numb with cold and she knew they needed to get out of there, she could not take her eyes from the horror glimmering toward them from across the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The horror stories were already pouring in, Jesse reported: kids sent home for wearing trench coats or black clothing, ordered into counseling for playing games like Quake and Doom. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I reached out to link my hand with the girl beside me, she pressed her hand to her mouth and looked at me with horror. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand covered her mouth and her eyes widened like she was watching a horror movie in the dark. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Yet the horror grew in him, seeming to hold him bound in his chair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The photographs move so fast, like book pages fluttering in the breeze, that I get only impressions of horrors. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My brother, Jordan Bell, head buried in Sweet Tea, his eyes welling with horror. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z How was the horror of Javier any different this time around? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The three of them . stood transfixed with horror under the Invisibility Cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Last winter he had watched in horror while a family of Cyclopes prepared to roast Jason and Piper with hot sauce. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There's absolutely no reflection in them, and I realize with horror that they're black because his irises are bleeding. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Dimly the witch saw what she had done, and through the horror that was enveloping her she tried to cry out: “What will you do to her? What will you do?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The pent up horror, grief and humiliation of a lifetime—half a century—was being stripped from me.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Liyana sat with Rafik on the edge of the bathtub, considering aloud details of the last three meals they had eaten, to his horror. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When I tell him, his expression changes from shock to horror to disbelief. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In their silence, we imagined all sorts of horrors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite the pain and the blood, Roza took in the icy-eyed man’s expression of frozen, stony horror and reveled in it, delighted in it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was as if all of the past year—the memories, the horrors, even the laughs—passed quickly between them, and Mark wondered if either of them would ever be so grounded again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She had a horror of being found dead with mended or, worse, unmended underclothes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were horrors enough, but it was the unexpected detail that threw him and afterward would not let him go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So in the end I stayed silent, while my mind searched back frantically, and with a cold horror, settled on that night up in my room with our mugs of tea. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Because there had to be something more than either the fantasy or horror. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was glad to hear the New York Communists express horror at the brutal way in which the Chicago Communists made demands upon the Chicago John Reed Club membership. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbits scattered about the grass stared at him in horror, several wondering whether this could really be the General. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As his crew watched in horror, he drifted out of sight into the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z No one answered him; but he saw their faces grey with fear and the horror in their eyes, and he laughed again, for it seemed to him that his sport went well. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His eyes bulged wide, full of horror and pain. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is beginning to drive me out of my seat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The horror that gripped her as she watched its funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Today we are seeing this revolution of the non-white peoples, who just a few years ago would have frozen in horror if the mighty white nations so much as lifted an eyebrow. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to do something to keep from howling like a dog at the horror of it all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not because we freed them, but because we wrecked them, and they clung to one another in the face of horror. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z That was when he realized, with horror, exactly where he was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But the shadow of horror wheeled and returned, passing lower now, right above them, sweeping the fen-reek with its ghastly wings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The other fugitive, who was evidently in extreme horror of his companion, repeated, “He tried to murder me. I should have been a dead man if you had not come up.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She paused to let the Inspector imagine the horrors that could be visited by a sex-crazed Paravan on three women alone in a house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt it, too: the dread, the weight of the horrors we’d seen, which replayed themselves in an endless, lurid loop in my mind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Finally Gregor had no other option, for he noticed with horror that he did not understand yet how to maintain his direction going backwards. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He would start, instead, with the history I had not yet learned in school, with the centuries of horror our people had experienced in Poland. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His icy fingers touched inside of her and at once she spoke, not a word, but a sound that gave forth a meaning of horror accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The bullet caught the black man full in the stomach and for a moment the two men looked at each other in a suspended moment of horror, of incredulity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the moment, I watched with horror as one of the chapandaz fell off his saddle and was trampled under a score of hooves. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Arturo stared at me with such incredulity it was almost horror. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He twitched on the ground as I watched in horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Upon seeing us through the propped kitchen door, Cook drops a bag of spice she’s holding, staring at Laia in horror. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Woke up gasping in horror—then fell asleep and had the same dream again and again, at least three times in a row. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z To Dell's horror, her level of distress seemed to increase with his every word. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I do know that I sat here numb with horror. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw amazement and horror on Max’s face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To her horror she saw drops of blood flowing down the stem. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Eril-Fane had his own arsenal of horrors; he hardly needed hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My hands go out automatically, as if to indicate the whole horror around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A new kind of horror begins to rise up inside me as I imagine firebombs hitting the Seam. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The costume practically swallowed him up, and his head looked tiny compared to the horror that took up his midsection. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Afi, who had told her that her destiny lay somewhere beyond those horrors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly to his horror Sam found that his master had vanished; and at that moment a black shadow rushed past him, and he fell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I tried to think of something else, but my mind was full of vaguely remembered horror stories of the diseases that ran wild during this time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Part of me looked down in horror at how I’d defaced Mom’s work, but the other part of me giggled. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I know you don’t realize the enormity, the horrors, of the so-called Christian white man’s crime. . . . “Not even in the Bible is there such a crime! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A look of abject horror passed over her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She gave her most elegant little screech of horror, just like a great lady who has seen a mouse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What I saw made me gasp with horror. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure they’d pictured May’s last moments, too, but I did not see horror on their faces now, just a heartbroken acceptance. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard Edward catch his breath in horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I gasped in horror when I saw his nose. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z June told me that the next time I go over to her house, she’ll show me a horror movie. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She watched in horror as a forklift zipped into the room, picked up a cage with a beautiful white pegasus, and sped away while the horse whinnied in protest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was magnetised by the sheer horror of this woman's features. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z To his horror, the young woman looked as if she were about to burst into tears. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “My God in heaven,” she breathed in horror. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even greater horrors adorned the walls surrounding us and were fastened by ropes to the ceiling above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But it doesn’t take away the horror of being dangled on a hook to catch a big fish. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Now that a few years have gone by, I want to see the city again for myself and come to terms with the site of my personal horror. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It rolled on the floor toward the emperor, and all gazed in horror as they saw that a bite had been taken out of it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The trilling, rippling sweetness of their songs contrasted strangely with the silent horror below. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Thomas was struck with an odd mix of horror and embarrassment. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It seems like this could be the beginning of a horror movie. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The army looked on in horror as the stricken victim shuddered and lay dead at Cluny’s feet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon sat up and blinked, and then there was a soft thud, and the net man fell choking and gasping right across Lyra, who cried out in horror, that was blood gushing out of him! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I stifle another cough and a horror feeling spreads out from my gut into the rest of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Shock and horror and unmistakable anger stared back at her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The moon shone bright on the edges of their blades, and sharp on the points of their terrible hooks, and luminous on their eyes, which were wide with horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Here, Carters Marie Simon gasped in horror and put her head down on the desk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For a brief second, every horror came back to her, and she truly was a wraith, a ghost taking flight from a body that had given her only pain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For Taran, the horror beating in him like black wings came not from the livid features of the Cauldron warriors or their lightless eyes but from their ghostly silence. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And then, to the children’s great confusion and horror, the fearsome man unstrapped himself, rose from the wheelchair to stand at his full alarming height, and strode across the room to seize them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I twist and scuttle backward on my hands and feet, shrieking, trying to remove myself from the horror. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She could see the boy’s eyes now, and a knot of horror clenched in her belly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They watched me through veils, with a kind of delicate horror. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z What wouldn’t he give to shield her from those wild, bloody horrors! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When she mentioned lunch, he realized with horror that he would need money, and he didn’t know how to tell her that he hadn’t brought any—didn’t have any to bring, for that matter. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She raised a fluttering hand to her brow and staggered back, pantomiming horror. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Like other horrors I have witnessed in the arena, it has reached the end of its territory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Armoured they come rolling on in long lines, more than anything else embody for us the horror of war. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Edward Cullen was standing four cars down from me, staring at me in horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Thomas looked at his watch, realizing with horror what he’d missed, knowing what Alby was about to say before he said it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He felt all of the mingled relief and horror at having pulled back only in time to have just his knee slammed by the fender of a car hurtling by at ninety miles an hour. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I think the horror movie we watched last night is getting to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For a second, Twig stared at me in openmouthed horror, and then she rolled over onto her back and started belly-laughing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When she saw the portrait of the Patriarch, she gasped in horror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z |
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