But what makes this moment particularly harrowing is that while earthquakes along fault lines are inevitable, many of these deaths didn't have to be.

And it was just harrowing.

Begotten is an uncategorizable cult film that largely exists within the horror space thanks to the harrowing nature of its visuals.

News that two people who had a harrowing break-up are now trying to get back together again a few months or years down the line tends, among sensible people, to raise at the very least suspicion, if not outright irritation and despair. Why are these two cursed lovers heading back to the old chaos and drama? Isn't this just a fantasy sprung from naivety, loneliness and most probably short-term lust? Shouldn't they keep faith with their original choice, double down on the highs and lows of dating and perhaps each buy a dog? And yet, to deny ex-couples any legitimate chance to revisit their situation also feels excessively punitive and in its way naïve, insisting blindly that people can never change, that psychotherapy and introspection, books and conversations, time and long walks have nothing whatsoever to teach us, is as foolish as to assume that change can come readily and lightly. For every misguided attempt to resume a relationship, there must be a proportion of equally misguided refusals to countenance a new start, born not out of wisdom so much as pre-emptive fear and disbelief that people are, occasionally, able to learn a new thing or two. We need to make progress a tool with which to strip the matter of sentiment and rationally distinguish mature from sentimental plans. What follows is a sequence of questions, amounting to a kind of examination, that exes who are meeting up again after a long break should discuss with one another – and as importantly, with themselves – before coming anywhere near to holding hands, let alone – and here we must be very definitive – going to bed.

And they are harrowing stories of people that were so desperate to feed their families that they went into mortal danger to do so and come out with no food and a life-changing injury.

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk leave no stone unturned in creating the most harrowing visuals on the show that never fail to give us the heebie-jeebies.

Aubrey O'Day reads a harrowing affidavit.

The director mixes religious imagery with his views on climate change, delivering harrowing sequences throughout.

I mean, the stories that we're hearing from Gaza today are absolutely harrowing.

Our neighborhood was ambushed I went back home only to find my mum, my dad, my sister, all were murdered Their testimony shows a pattern of rape, murder and arson MSF data, shared with us exclusively, show that it's only getting worse The number of sexual abuse victims they've seen has nearly tripled since 2021 Patients have started to share very, very difficult stories since 2021 They were always harrowing stories Nowadays, survivors talk about two or four or seven or up to 20 aggressors So you're saying one woman raped by 20 men?