How to use "harrowing" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "harrowing" in popular movie and book plots

• When a harmless sex game between a married couple in a remote retreat suddenly becomes a harrowing fight for survival, wife Jessie must confront long-buried demons within her own mind - and possibly lurking in the shadows of her seemingly empty house.  - Gerald's Game (film)
• In another TV series, The Lana Winters Special, famed reporter (Sarah Paulson) details Lee's life following her acquittal: Lee has written a best selling book about her harrowing ordeal and Lana has come out of retirement to interview her.  - Chapter 10 (American Horror Story)
• Despite their best efforts to help Bonnie through the harrowing predicament she now faces, Damon, Enzo and Caroline realize their options are running out and drastic measures need to be taken.  - Gods and Monsters (The Vampire Diaries)
• Marcus twice gains entrance to the house by stealth, and on each occasion he has a harrowing conversation with his brother, who insists that there is no God, and that in any case "goodness is impossible for us".  - The Time of the Angels
• An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.  - Ashes in the Snow
• As he negotiates the harrowing 75-mile trails, race organizers make strenuous attempts to impede Holman or force him out of the competition before the finish line.  - On the Edge (1986 film)
• 12-year-old nerdy best friends Kevin, Tyler, Shope, and Roach not only need to contend with the harrowing halls of their Canadian middle school, but at the same time fight microcosmic game assassins infecting earthlings bent on destroying them and the entire world.  - Supernoobs
• As Nastagio predicted, at the end of the dinner the horrifying scene is repeated with the same harrowing and pitiful consequences.  - Nastagio degli Onesti
• The miniseries chronicles the real story of the Pilgrims: their harrowing voyage from England to America aboard the Mayflower and settling in Plymouth, Massachusetts; vying to survive in the harsh climate; their struggles with the local tribes, and celebrating their first Thanksgiving with the natives, the Pokanoket people, in 1621.  - Saints & Strangers
• She too is unable to speak of the harrowing glimpses revealed by memory, but Ovadya holds the key to fitting the pieces together.  - A Damaged Mirror
• After undergoing several harrowing experiences Mohini manages to come to India and locate her family.  - Apna Desh (1949 film)
• Out of this harrowing day came extraordinary tales of bravery, selflessness and heroism, but also tragic consequences, for leader Corporal Mark Wright and his comrades, who risked their own lives to help each other.  - Kajaki (film)
• Ducane follows him and he, Pierce, and Pierce's dog Mingo, who has also followed the boy, spend a harrowing night huddling together on a ledge until they are able to swim out when the tide recedes.  - The Nice and the Good
• Having proven that Objects created by man can also be destroyed by man, Qwenthur and Havia are thrown into a new world of harrowing adventures and dangerous suicide missions, while together with Qwenthur befriending and saving the Legitimate Kingdom's Elite Melinda Brantini, of the Object the "Baby Magnum".  - Heavy Object
• After several harrowing adventures the ship is freed and then proceeds to sail north.  - NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages
• They tell about their harrowing flight from Nazi Germany to Palestine in 1934.  - Chaja & Mimi
• Young Elena Elkhorn embarks on a harrowing journey to find her missing father and discover the secrets of the Willows Mansion.  - Whispering Willows
• In a harrowing escape, Haller is lassoed by the neck and flung from his horse.  - The Rifle Rangers: or Adventures in South Mexico
• Tom kicks Max out of the car following a harrowing confrontation and Max breaks Tom’s wrist in a subsequent fight.  - In Fear
• Mariana's story is a harrowing and gripping story, a surprisingly complex plot of intrigue and dark secrets that dominate the life of a small mining town full of unforgettable characters, superstitions, rumors and legends.  - Mariana de la noche (Venezuelan telenovela)
• Nancy coaxes Speed and his co-pilot, O'Hara (Warren Hymer), to attempt a rescue, and after a harrowing crash-landing in the Arctic, an injured Ray is located.  - Coast Guard (film)
• Madan Khatri Chhetri successfully flies a harrowing high altitude mission to evacuate Beck.  - Everest (2015 film)
• Victor "Young" Perez tells the astonishing, harrowing and poignant story of a Tunisian Jewish boxer, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932.  - Victor Young Perez
• In a first-person prologue set during the sixth year of the reign of Conan the Second of Aquilonia (formerly Prince Conn), the soldier Nidaros tells of his company's harrowing experiences during a frontier war with the Picts, culminating when he, his companion Sarabos and their followers are trapped by the enemy in a cave.  - Conan at the Demon's Gate
• Mickey and Wahoo are expecting the filming to be cancelled, but Derek is unexpectedly thrilled with the harrowing footage from the pond, and declares that he wants to shoot a "real" survival experience out in the Everglades, with the Crays' help.  - Chomp (novel)
• When the whale appears, Thomas, without thinking, shoots the whale with his gun, and is suddenly flooded with harrowing memories of his experiences in the war.  - People of the Whale
• Scott finds and kills Elwood and after a harrowing journey, the private car passengers are saved and transferred to another train.  - Murder in the Private Car
• 2012: Omar fails to convince Judge Blake (Ami Brabson) to allow DNA from the case to be gathered and tested via current methods that were not available eight years ago, and a 23-year-old rape victim named Gina Logan (Cynthia Laforte) is brought to the hospital after a harrowing hours-long ordeal.  - Justice Denied (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
• As Jang-il and Sun-woo vow to destroy each other, the truth unravels in a harrowing cycle of deception and revenge as the crimes and secrets of yesteryear come to light.  - Man from the Equator
• Instead, he finds a harrowing mystery that endangers his family's lives and livelihood.  - The Dark Place
• He gets to his office and arrives to a harrowing scene; his co-workers are shredding documents and are in a state of chaos.  - Madea's Witness Protection
• This initiates the player's harrowing journey of unifying other nations, starting with Ignis, hoping to restore peace upon Ransei.  - Pokémon Conquest
• A long march to the reputed treasure region ensues, including a harrowing journey through a waterless desert.  - Conan and the Treasure of Python
• This includes the narrator's younger brother, a medical student, also unnamed, who flees to the Essex coast after the sudden, panicked, predawn order to evacuate London is given by the authorities, a terrifying and harrowing journey of three days, amongst thousands of similar refugees streaming from London.  - The War of the Worlds
• The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi (Masayuki Mori), decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.  - Older Brother, Younger Sister
• 14 Hours is based on the harrowing events of June 2001, when Tropical Storm Allison stalled over the Houston metropolitan area, pouring nearly 30 inches of rain on the city within a 14-hour period.  - 14 Hours (2005 film)
• The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the days prior to the downfall of Apartheid in South Africa.  - The Bang Bang Club (film)
• The novel traces the harrowing life of Rebecca with several interesting temporal juxtapositions and flashbacks that add to its complexity.  - Mourning Ruby
• However, her condition isn't completely irreversible, and it is the process of Anna's harrowing recovery that is the heart of the story.  - Night Sky (play)
• The Scotsman wrote, " Williams performance is harrowing and mesmerising in equal measure and hits home the fear and powerlessness of an abused teenager trapped behind the facade of her apparently normal life".  - Monday (play)
• A former cop (James Brolin), aligns with a street smart young clerk from the New York City dog pound (Julie Carmen) on a harrowing search for his daughter who is kidnapped by a psychopath (Cliff Gorman) after being mistaken for a wealthy man's daughter.  - Night of the Juggler
• Facing harrowing conditions and the attack of wolves, the unlikely bond that forms between the trapper and the constable allows both to survive.  - The Wild North
• Russell experiences a harrowing trip by aeroplane.  - The Language of Bees
• The Sound of Thunder describes the progress of the Second Boer War through Sean's own actions, first in harrowing missions in the front lines for the British Guides, then as the leader of a commando designed to fight the Boers on their own terms – guerrilla combat in the veld.  - The Sound of Thunder
• The film is a harrowing coming of age tale about a young woman who flees her poor New Hampshire hometown life to follow her wealthier and socially accepted friend down to college life in Florida.  - What Alice Found
• When things get scary, Marisol uses her mace can, instigating a harrowing chase from which the young couple barely escapes.  - Manito (film)
• After a harrowing flight in which Hagan makes an emergency landing almost running out fuel, his co-pilot refuses to fly with him again.  - The Pilot (film)
• After many harrowing stunts, Krishna pulls it off successfully.  - Thillalangadi
• Soon after a harrowing escape from the Baron who enslaved him, Sophos unexpectedly finds himself the King of Sounis.  - A Conspiracy of Kings
• There, she unearths a more harrowing and surreal story.  - Mohandas (film)
• As she begins to discover the pieces of Deliverance’s harrowing story, Connie is haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials.  - The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
• Gass records a harrowing scene from Kohler's early life as a father, who briefly throttles his young son when he fails to stop him from crying.  - The Tunnel (novel)
• Unknown to them, Gellie is trying to cope with her harrowing experience as a battered girlfriend.  - Dear Friend: Madrasta
• Like the archaeologists working in the Letterbox Cave (a pivotal location in the story) the novel gradually brushes through layers of the past, revealing not only Dan’s harrowing story of war, guilt and love but reaching back to the foundations of modern South African society when a young Khoi flees the brutality of his trekboer master.  - Journeys to the End of the World
• Often, people's harrowing personal experiences are not accounted for in the news or in history books.  - Koolaids: The Art of War
• There are automobile chases, a desperate escape down a river in a raft without paddles, jumping onto the roof of a moving train, Roy and Ellie tied up and gagged, and even a harrowing biplane ride, interspersed by gun fights, as the undaunted youths vie to find Butch Cassidy's treasure first.  - Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy
• Daffy Duck drives to Mexico for a vacation, and after a harrowing experience with the local cuisine that literally sets his mouth afire, Daffy goes to a bullfight ring to observe the spectacle.  - Mexican Joyride
• The team, with the help of Sigma Squad, will explore one of the darker elements of the Gears universe, and to tell this unique and harrowing tale, series writer Joshua Ortega will be joined by Epic Games president Mike Capps.  - Gears of War (comics)
• Lalande is now in the orangery, earnestly in search of the fourth missing key, harrowing through the rows of orange pots, one by one.  - Versailles 1685
• His heroics involved a harrowing series of moves that took him to Romania, Iraq, India and, eventually, the young state of Israel, where Grisha entered the nascent cinema industry.  - Le Grand Akshan
• His harrowing experiences during the war have persuaded him to try for a closer relationship with his wife.  - Mourning Becomes Electra (film)
• A series of harrowing battle scenes with British forces ensues, and the Argentines realise the futility and violence of their mission.  - Blessed by Fire
• Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh by car trouble, a journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Soraya's death, by stoning, the previous day.  - The Stoning of Soraya M.
• Vowing revenge after a harrowing abortion, Noelle begins using men for their money and power.  - The Other Side of Midnight (film)
• But the harrowing experience bonds the principle gladiators even more.  - Warriors of the Year 2072
• In this, the final installment of the World of Lone Wolf, Grey Star and Tanith have just completed a harrowing quest in the Shadow realm of the Daziarn.  - War of the Wizards (gamebook)
• Mrs Scarlett, who to date has not told the truth, admits to the enquiry that her harrowing experience was very like that of the other widow.  - Conduct Unbecoming (film)
• The difficult and harrowing times in the store bring them together as they face up to a cruel and lewd store supervisor Karungali (A.  - Angadi Theru
• After a harrowing ordeal, Josh, Jericho, Baz, Teresa, and Mervin Spratt manage to find their way to the edge of time itself, where the Tembe people live in a crumbling Fortress.  - The Dream Merchant (novel)
• In a harrowing finale, which cuts to the heartland of the country, Amrit is shown to be murdered by the police as a "left-wing terrorist" approximately at the same time as the party was going on.  - Party (1984 film)
• Erickson has a number of close calls, but eventually escapes to Sweden in a harrowing sea voyage.  - The Counterfeit Traitor
• Richard then tells Clarke a harrowing tale, of how he once betrayed a male lover to the Nazis and later impregnated the man's wife.  - Deadfall (1968 film)
• Theodosia Throckmorton, a clever and shrewd girl of sorts, has the harrowing and busy work of nullifying curses in her father's museum, where the darkest spells abound.  - Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
• Jenny has no recollection of their harrowing adventure; but Ian, having realized his abilities, will begin to take the fight to the Harvesters.  - The Deaths of Ian Stone
• Both Finn and Liz, caught in a harrowing struggle for their dignity, discover that membership in a group comes at a steep price.  - Fierce People (film)
• After a harrowing chase, he ends up escaping with his friends, animals and the girl Saturday on the yacht that brought him there.  - Mr. Robinson Crusoe
• Eric Johnson wrote and directed Tweek City, a film depicting a harrowing week in the life of Bill Jensen (cult actor and filmmaker Giuseppe Andrews), a young, sexually confused, half-Latino speed-dealer in San Francisco's Mission District.  - Tweek City
• Walter comes to the castle of an enchantress, from which he rescues a captive maiden in a harrowing adventure (or rather, she rescues him).  - The Wood Beyond the World
• Several harrowing events follow.  - Doomsday Virus
• Her experience helps her to learn a lot about the previously unknown (to her) life her daughter was living and helps her to see how harrowing a teen's life can be in these times, as she struggles to walk the tightrope many teens must negotiate.  - The Secret (2007 film)
• After burying the few dead at Haven, Kel tricks her guards into returning to Lord Wyldon without her, and begins what she believes will be a long and harrowing journey into enemy territory.  - Lady Knight
• The only option left is a harrowing plan to blow the exterior hatch and rescue them with a Raptor.  - A Day in the Life (Battlestar Galactica)
• After the harrowing experience, David returns home and is greeted by his assistant, Kate, as he steps off the train.  - Haunted (1995 film)
• With his ally Aristax he undertakes the harrowing journey to Phaiaxia and begins negotiating with the queen.  - The Stone of the Witch Queen
• Tweed relates his harrowing story of how he survived in the bush for 31 months with the help of the natives, Chamorros.  - Return to Guam
• Odingo encourages Moses, now a young man, to make a harrowing high-speed journey out to the moons, hoping to use his uncanny knack for animal communication to establish a rapport with Halfholder.  - Wheelers (novel)
• Believing Novacek already knew what really happened, Tigh reminisces about the fateful mission, revealing the harrowing truth about Adama's decision.  - Hero (Battlestar Galactica)
• After escaping a harrowing experience known as the seedy part of Queens, Wilhelmina and Marc return to the office and she's outraged the shoot has been moved to Queens.  - Lose the Boss
• After sitting down with them, Stephanie, a bitter young woman, has a harrowing story of her own to tell: she was sexually abused by her father as a child, and after she began fighting back, he turned his attention over to Catherine (who was just a baby at the time), thus explaining the root of her violent misbehavior.  - Child of Rage
• When they first meet, both Andras and Saffie have been separately damaged by the events of the Second World War, but as their relationship develops over a period of several years, they are both able to begin to come to terms with the harrowing experiences that have shaped their lives - while around them a new generation is committing a fresh batch of atrocities.  - The Mark of the Angel
• They begin a ritual that, after a few harrowing minutes, completely dispels the monster.  - Ticktock (novel)
• A series of harrowing incidents make it clear that the apparent heroes were motivated by ambition, terror, or chance while it is the disgraced Thorn who possesses moral courage.  - They Came to Cordura
• After a harrowing dive and struggle with nitrogen narcosis and a hungry kraken, they recover a bell from the Kornblatt, thus confirming its fate, and back at the inquiry Mandeville is revealed as the man who had unwittingly assigned the Kornblatt for target practice, ignoring the red tape.  - Don't Give Up the Ship (film)
• During the harrowing journey, the party's already frayed nerves are aggravated when the men become attracted to the woman.  - Garden of Evil
• Leaphorn spends a harrowing 30 hours in the caves of the canyon wall, escaping from the dog or the men who brought the dog.  - Listening Woman
• After many plot twists and harrowing experiences Jesse and Gail uncover the fact that Bret Easton is one of the leaders of the terrorist group and the reason he tried to murder Jesse was that Jesse's screenplay, of which Jesse is the real author, comes very close to describing the terrorists' latest attack plan.  - Evening in Byzantium
• The heroes escape Zolock, encounter the slave trading Queen Rama, and survive many harrowing adventures before returning to the Lost City and stopping Zolok's plan.  - The Lost City (1935 serial)
• Later, Teodor and Latzi are the "stars" of a highly publicized book tour throughout the United States, detailing Teodor's courageous work against communism and his harrowing escape from death.  - The Secret Pilgrim
• The Japanese version is told in flashbacks framed by scenes of a reporter questioning the expedition after they have returned from their harrowing ordeal in the mountains.  - Half Human
• (See Crocodile on the Sandbank) Back in England, Ramses and Nefret also seem targeted for abduction, and Ramses' harrowing letters do not add to Amelia's peace of mind.  - The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
• Danny relates to Jim in harrowing detail how he got addicted.  - Stakeout on Dope Street
• The next day, Laura and her group of refugees make a harrowing river crossing into Thailand under mortar fire and reach a refugee camp.  - Beyond Rangoon
• Another patient at the hospital, Mami Takeshima, who was admitted for treatment for a benign tumour, begins experiencing a heightened fear of death, and has a harrowing encounter with Mukoda, who wanders the halls at night, too afraid to sleep.  - Nagai Yume
• The worker takes the fall, but suddenly manages to knock Bugs out temporarily with a steel girder, causing Bugs to dumbly "sleepwalk" through a harrowing series of moving girders and other objects.  - Homeless Hare
• The new recruits' first trip to the trenches with the veterans, to re-string barbed wire, is a harrowing experience, especially when Behn is blinded by shrapnel and runs into machine-gun fire.  - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)
• The novel follows Landman's increasingly harrowing experiences as a fugitive, and his subsequent escape to Botswana.  - An Act of Terror
• The trio arrive in Kono after a harrowing journey, where Coetzee and his private army — contracted by the Sierra Leone government — prepares to repulse the rebel offensive.  - Blood Diamond
• After a harrowing ride in which Terry is nearly drowned, the group manage to make it through the Gauntlet.  - The River Wild
• She underwent an experimental medical procedure, involving surgery to restore brain tissue, after surviving a harrowing accident at the drawbridge.  - Happy Birthday to Me (film)
• After much trial and error and the harrowing near-rape of a patient, MacLeod's ideas prevail in spite of the opposition and meet some success.  - The Caretakers
• Starting out as a harrowing wartime sea adventure, Burroughs’s story ultimately develops into a lost world story reminiscent of such novels as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World (1912) and Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island (1874) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864).  - The Land That Time Forgot (novel)
• After many pitfalls, setbacks, and harrowing escapes,including a voyage back in time a million years, ending in the eviction of Firx from his system,and a grateful wizard speeding him by a spell back home, Cugel returns to Iucounu's manse, where he finds the wizard's volition has been captured by a twin to Firx.  - The Eyes of the Overworld
• After a harrowing night of pursuit in the house, Brydon finally confronts the ghost, who advances on him and overpowers him with "a rage of personality before which his own collapsed".  - The Jolly Corner
• Sisto's character recalls a harrowing incident from his childhood when he was comforted by his friend.  - Unknown (2006 film)
• The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) juvenile diaries chronicling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.  - The Basketball Diaries (film)
• Norris completes the harrowing ordeal, only to discover that Cressner had already murdered his wife.  - The Ledge (short story)
• Barely out of the hospital following this harrowing rescue, Pitt is rushed to Disneyland where he attempts to save Castille and de Croix who have slipped away from their security and are enjoying a ride on the Pirates of the Caribbean.  - Iceberg (Cussler novel)
• The harrowing journey creates dissension, and some Rangers who choose to separate from the main body are massacred by pursuing French and Indian troops.  - Northwest Passage (novel)
• After a harrowing journey, the Baldwins reach their destination and find shelter in a cave, while they wait for order to be restored.  - Panic in Year Zero!
• Snake, Augie, the Banduccis, and the rest of the hockey team, with the notable exception of Jack, solicit Mitchell's help and rollerblading expertise in a race down a harrowing street route termed Devil's Backbone against the preps to settle their score once and for all.  - Airborne (1993 film)
• He flees, but is pursued in a harrowing car chase.  - Fletch (film)
• Hooked to a penile catheter and an IV bottle, the narrator begins a harrowing journey on his hospital bed through the underworld that seems to lie beneath the city streets.  - Kangaroo Notebook
• After a few seconds of talk, Xander decides to keep his harrowing night to himself (aware that his friends will never believe such a story no matter how he tells it).  - The Zeppo
• Mary shows signs of possession by the evil soul; she suddenly recounts an incident from Hawthorne's harrowing war experiences in first-person perspective.  - The Prophecy
• From here the two diverge: The Scarlet Citadel, a short story, ends with Conan coming back when the rioting just started and making short work of his foes; in the book-length Hour of the Dragon it is much more complicated, Aquilonia has to live under a long and harrowing foreign occupation while Conan goes through a long hazardous quest, before he could finally come back and dispose of his foes.  - The Hour of the Dragon
• After a harrowing rescue involving Bart driving the family car and Homer nearly becoming prey for wild predators, the Simpsons succeed and Gabriel congratulates them on working together as a family and becoming functional during their drive home.  - Brawl in the Family (The Simpsons)
• As he recovers from the harrowing end to his journey, the lonely Glenda, fascinated by the strapping Danny, doesn't press him about his past.  - Danny Deckchair
• After a harrowing chase, Cassie sacrifices her life to save the lives of the children of the Kirkman family.  - The Gathering (2003 film)
• Ike manages to find Leo after a harrowing experience with a Skewer which tries to attack it, but is killed by a spear thrown by the newly discovered floating Eosapien.  - Alien Planet
• The Hales depart for Hawaii with the other missionaries and Keoki, and after a harrowing sea voyage during which all but Abner are very seasick and the ship almost wrecks going around Cape Horn, they arrive in Keoki's hometown of Lahaina, Maui, where they stop before most of the missionaries continue on to the main church at Honolulu.  - Hawaii (1966 film)
• It details events surrounding their harrowing plunge into this abyss, regularly shifting narrator and frame of reference from one member of the group to the other.  - Join My Cult
• On their journey, the appliances encounter numerous harrowing adventures where they learn to work together.  - The Brave Little Toaster
• After a harrowing backwards car-chase (especially for Rimmer, who is unable to trust that no harm can befall him while time is running backwards) the policeman unsees them, and the crew retreat to the mountain area where they landed their ship, the Starbug.  - Backwards (novel)
• They array themselves in searat regalia and land at Terramort without being identified, despite a harrowing encounter with two pirate ships.  - Mariel of Redwall
• There is a harrowing moment when the shark proves stronger than Flipper, but Flipper's dolphin pod comes to his aid in the nick of time.  - Flipper (1996 film)
• But later that night at a coffee shop, an emotional bonding with Jessie changes the game when she agrees to be part of his life after he relates a harrowing tale of prison survival by way of a toughened mental attitude.  - Thief (film)
• A storm over Vancouver makes matters worse, with George not only having to overcome harrowing wartime flashbacks, but also struggling with the controls of an unfamiliar aircraft, in order to bring the airliner down safely.  - Flight into Danger
• After a harrowing journey, they find the treasure of Verdauga Greeneyes, the long-dead lord of Kotir.  - The Long Patrol
• He is then forced to hitch a harrowing ride on Snoopy's motorcycle in order to make the rest of the journey to the camp, accompanied by rock guitar type riffs while he is shouting in fear at Snoopy's wild driving.  - Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
• After this harrowing experience, the family moves to a house on Middlesex Boulevard, Grosse Pointe.  - Middlesex (novel)
• A strange and harrowing confrontation ends with Pyotr Stepanovich fleeing in a panic.  - Demons (Dostoyevsky novel)
• The three men finally reveal their harrowing experiences to one another, and David decides to put his visions to a stop.  - Flatliners
• This person would be anyone who managed to make their way to the hidden lairs of the Four Dragons, and pass their harrowing trials.  - Lunar (series)
• Birk and Ronia run away to the woods, where they live in a cave and experience several harrowing adventures with the wood's indigenous wildlife, including trolls, forest gnomes, and harpies.  - Ronia the Robber's Daughter
• After having recovered from the harrowing fight, Hyou reveals to Kenshiro that the homeland of the progenitor clan of all Hokuto style martial arts, the Hokuto Soke, lies in Shura, and holds the secrets of overcoming Kaioh's overwhelming power.  - Fist of the North Star
• Later, Meg and Sarah, having recovered from their harrowing experience, begin searching the newspaper for a new home.  - Panic Room
• After a great fight and harrowing escape, they stop by the road to rest.  - The Wiz
• Bligh, through courage and excellent seamanship, and a return of his good character and leadership qualities, successfully manages to reach civilisation after a very harrowing journey without navigational charts nor firearms.  - The Bounty
• There follows a harrowing physical struggle with Wei (who has the body of a young athlete), and the shooting of Wei.  - This Perfect Day
• As Enrique visits the hospital, Rosa laments that she will not live to enjoy the fruits of their harrowing journey to theS.  - El Norte (film)
• After a harrowing chase, all turns out well for them.  - North by Northwest
• Due to a harrowing encounter with another escaped prisoner with a cloning device, Crichton ends up twinned – a duplicate created so that there are two Crichtons, both equal and original.  - Farscape
• Adultery (another common Irving motif) also plays a large part, culminating in one of the novel's most harrowing and memorable scenes.  - The World According to Garp

Example sentences for "harrowing" in interesting articles

• “These aren’t Jungle Book stories, they’re often harrowing cases of neglect and abuse,” Ochota wrote.  - A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest
• The time your newborn rolled off the bed and there was a harrowing silence before she started to cry.  - University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigger Warnings’
• The S&P 500 had a harrowing start to the bet in 2008.  - Ted Seides Concedes Bet with Warren Buffett
• In spite of all his efforts, Seita must watch as Setsuko, an imaginative, fun-loving child, becomes emaciated, sickens, weakens, and eventually dies of malnutrition.This is the story told in Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated film Grave of the Fireflies, and it is no less harrowing and haunting for being a “cartoon.” As Roger Ebert wrote in his 4-star review:“‘Grave of the Fireflies’ is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation.  - Miyazaki's Beautiful Anti-War Dreams
• God help you if you’re that link.” Whenever I wanted to show him one of my projects, he liked to stop me at the threshold of his office to ask, “Wait… Is it sweet?” And then, because it often wasn’t quite sweet enough, I usually turned around right there. My first year at that startup was the most harrowing of my life.  - Searching For Beasts In Silicon Valleys War For Talent
• In your water." The fuller story of that harrowing patrol and an ambush and the company's hectic scramble back to base would become a classic piece of Chivers reporting in Esquire ("The Long Walk," August 2009). Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowRead Chivers's Esquire story about his experience on the pile at Esquire Classic.Anytime Chivers embeds with a unit, before actually going into the field, he gathers all the soldiers to introduce himself and to describe the work that he intends to do.  - Why War Reporter C.J. Chivers Had to Suddenly Stop
• The time your newborn rolled off the bed and there was a harrowing silence before she started to cry.  - Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as If the World Is Preparing for War'
• After her harrowing encounter, Fagiri began trading Craigslist stories with friends and classmates, many of whom were similarly frustrated with the site.  - Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable
• After two harrowing auditions and two meetings with executive producer Lorne Michaels, which all took place over the course of six weeks, I got the word I was hired to the cast of \u003Cem\u003ESaturday Night Live\u003C\u002Fem\u003E for the ‘95-‘96 season.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI couldn’t believe it.  - New York’s Single Test for High School Defined My Life
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Meaning of "harrowing" in English

• extremely painful

Meaning of "harrowing" in Hindi

• खौफ़नाक
• हैरो चलाना
• मर्मभेदी

Synonyms of "harrowing"

• agonising
• excruciating
• torturesome
• torturing
• torturous
• agonizing

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