noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ghost/horror story
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They sat round the fire telling ghost stories.
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She likes reading horror stories.
a horror/adventure/war film
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He likes watching horror films.
be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse
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Their faces were suddenly filled with fear.
froze with horror
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She froze with horror .
horror movie
horror story
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horror stories about patients being given the wrong drugs
in horror/amazement etc
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He watched in horror as the flames engulfed his house.
recoil in horror
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We recoil in horror from the thought of subjecting someone to extreme pain.
stare in disbelief/horror/amazement etc
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Hilary stared in disbelief at the kitchen clock.
the horrors of war
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They wanted to forget the horrors of war they had witnessed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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Thus, it may be thought that the term rape conveys the full horror of the event.
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The only thing alive was the brooding darkness, full of horrors and spiders, waiting to pounce.
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As the full horror of the explosion unfolded, the Halifax building society was reduced to a mound of rubble.
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Finally the full horror of the deed is unveiled.
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Now as he began to understand the story in its full horror , his face was like an old man's.
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The full horror of life in a Victorian industrial area is obvious here.
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Members of the family are still reluctant to reveal the full horrors they endured in their homeland.
little
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And that little horror Zach was around.
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Weaver said Tuesday night while sipping wine and brandishing various medieval weapons for sale in his little shop of horrors .
mock
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She threw up her hands in mock horror as the little pomeranian ran yapping among the guests.
■ NOUN
film
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It was a monumental folly, which could have been made for horror films .
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One will get the original predatory alien, the delight of sci-fi horror films .
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It looked like something out of a horror film , a malevolent presence swallowing everything before it.
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It reminded him of the zombies he had seen in the horror film at the Empire.
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Boys like that shouldn't be packed off to horror films all on their own.
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It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about.
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Had a call from the casting director of a new horror film yesterday.
movie
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Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie .
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The festival presents horror movies , backed up by commentary on their scientific authenticity, or lack thereof.
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So I sat them down and made them watch the horror movie Cujo.
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The second slide showed a mouse that had ballooned into something out of a horror movie .
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Voice over Hampden's great house was bought by Hammer films in the 70's to make horror movies .
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He'd played in some eminently forgettable horror movies and I felt I could not seriously consider him.
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It sounds like something out of a horror movie .
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In the early 1960s one result of shrinking cinema audiences was the Sunday double bill of low budget horror movies .
story
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But the refugees' horror stories have not changed.
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There are so many horror stories about ESOPs that many men would just prefer to sign their money away.
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And still the horror stories go on.
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The tie-up had been a favorite horror story that Jemmalee enjoyed telling to Carol when Carol was beginning to under-stand tyranny.
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Tell us your medical horror story .
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This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation.
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The onset of a campaign has brought to mind some of the horror stories of the trail.
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You hear some horror stories about it.
■ VERB
describe
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Social reformers were not slow to describe the horrors of such places.
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A panel of kids describes the horrors of their environment: Five of seven have seen some one murdered in front of them.
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In a letter to Mrs Coutts he described the horror and the misery from which the mock election was a welcome diversion.
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Medical personnel described a scene of horror , as the gymnasium was turned into a killing field.
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She describes the horrors of matrimony with vivacious comic indignation, dazzling wit and choice of expression, and with breathtaking eloquence.
express
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Politically, expressing horror at degeneracy was expedient.
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The Government have expressed their horror at such attacks on the police, but they also need to act.
fill
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Now however, it only fills him with horror , the chill marble is like the cold of the corpse.
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She gazed at Ruth, and her face seemed to fill up with horror .
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His eyes, which, moments earlier, had been filled with fear and horror , were now clear, almost calm.
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The idea of sub-contracting an exhibition piece now fills me with abject horror .
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The thought of a day, let alone months, spent on board a narrow boat would fill her with horror .
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Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw me.
freeze
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The man sitting next to her grandmother wore the distinctive sharp-peaked cap of the Gestapo and Peach froze with horror .
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Running through the orange grove, which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror .
hear
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I have heard every horror story about the Tideway and have believed them all, fool that I am!
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And nearly every day I hear another horror story about some one who left their whole computer open for the world to see.
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Antigone and Ismene heard with horror what Creon had decided.
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You hear some horror stories about it.
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I have heard every horror story.
recoil
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Mobuto recoiled in horror , stumbling back painfully into the Studebaker's wing mirror.
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I should have gasped and recoiled in horror .
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He read about Jacques Delors's federalist vision from which he recoiled in horror .
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The idea of their having a say in the running of a club appears to make officials recoil with horror .
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Rebus's face changed; he recoiled in horror , but Osvaldo had his thumbs hooked in the malai's belt.
stare
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I stare in horror at its bloody mouth, that vertical stitch of red wool now dribbling crimson.
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Bertha enters and stares in horror .
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Agnes looked up at Vlad, who was staring in horror .
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He turned to cover it, then stopped and stared in horror .
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She stared in horror at the whitened, frozen cadavers which lay there under a tattered, canvas sheet.
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She stared at it in horror .
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Unable to move, I stared in horror at the shape behind the glass, and screamed.
tell
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Some shoppers tell horror stories of plastic bags ripping apart as they carry a gallon jug of milk.
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Surely it wasn't possible, she told herself in horror .
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She can tell the Holocaust horror stories now without bursting into tears.
turn
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Teesdale turned in horror and came out at once, his face grey with fear.
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The pictures Elizabeth took that day have become more than just snaps of a holiday that turned to horror .
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Frye was turning slowly in horror to look behind him, at the reception wall.
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But it couldn't have come at a worse time, given that their volatile relationship has turned into a horror story.
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They turn unspeakable horror into honour and glory.
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In seconds, the whole wreckage was engulfed in raging flames and happiness had turned to horror .
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An enterprise as vast as the education service is bound to turn up horror stories daily.
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In this situation, many women find their minds turning to horror stories such as that of Marie Wilkes.
watch
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As they watched in horror , they saw flames eating their way up one of the heavy curtains.
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So I sat them down and made them watch the horror movie Cujo.
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The Danley management, the cops, stood across the street, watching in horror .
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Elizabeth watched with fascinated horror the forcible feeding practised on the poor children.
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From inside the car, their two children watched in horror .
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I watch his face in horror .
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We watch such things with horror and envy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be struck with horror/terror/awe etc
mock surprise/horror/indignation etc
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No wrong questions, no mock surprise.
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She threw up her hands in mock horror as the little pomeranian ran yapping among the guests.
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With mock surprise, he settled into the love seat, draping his arms along its top.
throw up your hands (in horror/dismay etc)
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But instead of throwing up her hands and blaming the problem on organizational chaos, she stepped back and analyzed the situation.
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Davide had seen the priests, who had shrugged and thrown up their hands indolently at the laundress's problem.
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Even his most recent wife, Mercedes, had thrown up her hands.
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He rounded the bend nearest the building, and nearly dropped the branch for throwing up his hands in frustration.
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Here Abie threw up his hands at the ignorance of policemen.
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Jenny exclaimed to E.. Ames, throwing up her hands.
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Paul Reichmann threw up his hands in protest at the suggestion, but did not utter a sound.
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Then they throw up their hands, wondering why the benefits they have been pursuing never seem to accrue.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children in these famine-stricken areas simply cannot be protected from the horror all around them.
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He suddenly realized to his horror that the brakes weren't working.
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He was trembling with horror and disbelief.
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It's hard for me even now to relate my feelings of horror and incredulity about what happened.
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Jocasta turned white, a look of horror on her face.
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One woman cried as she told of the horror of seeing workmates killed in the lift.
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She screamed again and stared in horror at what lay in the doorway.
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That dress is a horror .
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The crowd watched in horror as the plane hit the ground and burst into flames.
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The old cop spoke about the horrors of Alcatraz prison.
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They joined the anti- nuclear campaign after seeing a film about the horrors of Hiroshima.
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To his horror , PC Kelly saw a handgun protruding from the man's coat.
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To my horror , I saw James' car draw up outside the gate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And as the horror sunk in, the form of a man who won nine titles last season deserted him.
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But why shackle yourself to that horror ?
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He read about Jacques Delors's federalist vision from which he recoiled in horror .
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His eyes were fixed always on that unseen horror .
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Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face.
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Then you turn 40 and, to your horror , you find that you are all too perishable.
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This group of woodcut prints foreshadows the horrors that were to come.
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To the horror of friends and family, many of those unhappy lawyers are shucking their partnerships.