Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: horrors
IPA transcription: [h'ɔɹɚz]
Pronunciations of horrors
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Usage examples
  • "The Moreau Horrors!"
  • When first she came to herself, she thought the horrors of the preceding day had been all a dream of the night.
  • There was no ghost now; he was frightened at reality; he was frightened at the splendours and horrors of the world.
  • After this she had sunk into dull despair; she had grown familiar with horrors and lived in a state of unnatural calm.
  • I saw then, for before I had not seen it, The turning and descending, by great horrors That were approaching upon divers sides.
  • It would be, no doubt, parbleu, if we write to Lord de Winter about affairs of vast importance, of the horrors of the cardinal--"
  • For I must frankly confess that at the tale of pity my eyes are filled with tears, and when I speak of horrors, my hair stands on end and my heart throbs.
  • "He has been threatening society with all sorts of horrors," continued the lady, whose enunciation was caressing and slow, "apropos of this explosion in Greenwich Park.
  • Devoted to her master for many years, and not quite so sensitive to fearful influences as when less experienced in horrors, she showed immediate readiness to render him assistance.
  • "Besides," thought he, with a shudder, "that would be to fix the vampire as a guest for ever."--And the horrors of the past night rushed back upon his imagination with renewed intensity.
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