terrify

Other times, angels appeared not as humans, but as something other-worldly, and their appearance was terrifying to those who encountered them.
D’autres fois, ils apparaissaient, non sous forme humaine, mais sous une apparence surnaturelle, terrifiante pour ceux qui les rencontraient.
There was something going on that was terrifying, that I didn't understand.
Il se passait quelque chose de terrifiant que je ne comprenais pas.
Well nonetheless, on the top of the World Trade Center my first step was terrifying.
Hé bien néanmoins, au sommet du World Trade Center mon premier pas était terrifiant.
I was in Kathmandu this time around and it was terrifying to experience the earthquake.
J’étais à Katmandou cette fois-ci et le séisme a été une expérience terrifiante.
And at times it was terrifying.
Et parfois, son enfance a été terrifiante.
It was terrifying, wasn't it?
C'était terrifiant, non ?
Yes, that was terrifying.
Oui,c'était effrayant.
I looked right in this guy's eyes, and it was terrifying.
J'ai vu son regard. Ça m'a terrifiée.
We had to wait out on the road and it was terrifying, the children were so scared.
Nous avons dû attendre sur la route. C’était terrifiant ; les enfants avaient tellement peur.
Well, that was terrifying.
C'était terrifiant.
Uncertain The first time was terrifying but the second time it turned my whole life upside down.
Indécis(e) La première fois était terrifiante, mais la deuxième fois, cela a chamboulé toute ma vie.
This disease was terrifying. There was no cure, and there was no vaccine.
Cette maladie était terrifiante ; il n'y avait pas de remède, et il n'y avait pas de vaccin.
We're so scared, it was terrifying.
C'était terrifiant.
Their insistence on maintaining nuclear deterrence, while arguing that the chances of a nuclear war were slim, was terrifying.
Leur insistance à maintenir la dissuasion nucléaire tout en prétendant que les chances d'une guerre nucléaire sont réduites est terrifiante.
It was terrifying; you think Walmart is a terrifying business model now, imagine what this looked like in the 1860s or 1870s.
C'était terrifiant. Vous pensez que Walmart est un modèle d'affaire terrifiant aujourd'hui, imaginez à quoi ça ressemblait dans les années 1860 ou 1870.
It was terrifying at first but then, suddenly, it was as if, well as if I had no weight at all.
Au début, j'étais pétrifié, et soudainement, c'était comme si... Comme si je ne pesais plus rien du tout.
It was terrifying, but I knew that I had a job to do, and that was to elicit any information I could from him.
C'était terrifiant, mais je me devais d'obtenir de lui le plus d'informations possible.
Even though it might seem strange to celebrate this, we do, because the risk of losing those rights approached, and it was terrifying.
Malgré qu'il puisse sembler étrange de célébrer cela, nous le faisons, parce que le risque de perdre ces droits nous a frôlé d'une manière très inquiétante.
It was terrifying to me and I decided right then and there this was not what I wanted for my children, or myself.
Cela m’a terrifié et j’ai décidé sur le champ que ce n’était pas ce que je voulais pour mes enfants, ni pour moi-même.
Even though it might seem strange to celebrate this, we do, because the risk of losing those rights approached, and it was terrifying.
Malgré qu’il puisse sembler étrange de célébrer cela, nous le faisons, parce que le risque de perdre ces droits nous a frôlé d’une manière très inquiétante.
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