Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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These attacks often provided a larger cultural pretext for the campaigns of extralegal political violence that terrorized Black voters in the South, assassinated political leaders, and marred the integrity of several of the region’s major elections.
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Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
There’s folklore about a witch in the woods who terrorizes travelers, and a few creepy figurines to go along with the story.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Several people are injured after a tornado in Mineral Wells, Texas, flattened a portion of the town Tuesday night, the sixth day of a severe storm outbreak that has terrorized the Midwest and South.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The film called it Elias-Clark, the fictional publishing empire where Miranda terrorized assistants and designers with equal conviction.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
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Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
There’s folklore about a witch in the woods who terrorizes travelers, and a few creepy figurines to go along with the story.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Several people are injured after a tornado in Mineral Wells, Texas, flattened a portion of the town Tuesday night, the sixth day of a severe storm outbreak that has terrorized the Midwest and South.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The film called it Elias-Clark, the fictional publishing empire where Miranda terrorized assistants and designers with equal conviction.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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