Get to know Harrowing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like agonizing or agonising.
Harrowing in a sentence
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Harrowing meaning
present participle and gerund of harrow.
Using Harrowing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of harrow.
- Useful related words include: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, torturing.
- In the example corpus, harrowing often appears in combinations such as: the harrowing, harrowing experience, is harrowing.
Context around Harrowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harrowing
- In this selection, "harrowing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sometimes, peter, further, stories, experience and details stand out and add context to how "harrowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include access such harrowing thoughts one and and sometimes harrowing documentary about. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harrowing" sits close to words such as activation, approximate and bashir, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harrowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ginger recalled the harrowing moment she found her fiancée in her memoir. (12 words)
Gooch became emotional when thanking the public, mutual friends, and family during the harrowing ordeal. (15 words)
He admitted that he was nervous and explained that he has anxiety, which renders conversations harrowing. (16 words)
Campaigner Conor Reidy described the harrowing final days in the life of his 89-year-old father, Johnny, who died after being sent between the ED at UHL, Nenagh Hospital, and a nursing home in Nenagh, despite being diagnosed with pneumonia. (41 words)
As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues and harrowing details emerge, journalism professors in London, Ont., are teaching their students what to look for when analyzing news reports and how to provide balanced coverage in the future. (36 words)
Cook, who would later find herself on the brink of death, is not alone in her harrowing experience as similar stories emerge from women around the country, ABC News has found. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A fascinating and sometimes harrowing documentary about the many Chinese women who pay thousands of dollars to travel to the US to give birth.
A military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh, with harrowing stories emerging of murder, rape and arson.
A Nigerian lady shared a harrowing story of how a man who was interested in her refused to take no for an answer and persisted in his unwanted pursuit.
Apple and peach trees on her family’s nearly 3-acre farm, which grows organic vegetables, suffered wind damage during the harrowing event.
A resident from Mutumji recounted the harrowing experience, stating that the bandits launched their attack around 9 pm, causing panic and forcing residents to flee into nearby bushes.
As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues and harrowing details emerge, journalism professors in London, Ont., are teaching their students what to look for when analyzing news reports and how to provide balanced coverage in the future.
But finding his emotional center is what allows Imperioli to access such harrowing thoughts one minute and to put them out of his mind the next.
Campaigner Conor Reidy described the harrowing final days in the life of his 89-year-old father, Johnny, who died after being sent between the ED at UHL, Nenagh Hospital, and a nursing home in Nenagh, despite being diagnosed with pneumonia.
Convinced that this is just one of many things she’s being lied to about, Allison makes that harrowing two-word request.
Cook, who would later find herself on the brink of death, is not alone in her harrowing experience as similar stories emerge from women around the country, ABC News has found.
Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing recorded that Mr Burcombe died from multiple injuries and that his death was accidental.
Further harrowing details of the incident have emerged in court today as the suspects have now had their detention extended for another six days.
Ginger recalled the harrowing moment she found her fiancée in her memoir.
Gooch became emotional when thanking the public, mutual friends, and family during the harrowing ordeal.
Harrowing video captured Ting Ye’s Porsche crashing at about 100 mph, killing her passenger, Yabao Liu, 27.
He admitted that he was nervous and explained that he has anxiety, which renders conversations harrowing.
Her memories of conflicts and war are shaped by listening to the harrowing stories of relatives who survived challenging situations such as Changi Prison, the Kokoda Trail, and even Hiroshima.
He said the suffering of Finley, 'inflicted by the very people who should have been caring for him' was 'harrowing and difficult to comprehend'.
His family joined thousands of others headed north to Egypt. After several failed attempts they were able to arrange for a bus, and the harrowing trip took six days.
His parents worked in the service industry, and the late-night commute from town during winter weather was harrowing.
Common combinations with harrowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the harrowing 44×
- harrowing experience 10×
- is harrowing 9×
- most harrowing 8×
- harrowing and 7×
- harrowing ordeal 7×
- of harrowing 7×
- in harrowing 7×
- and harrowing 5×
- harrowing details 5×